Economy
Manufacturing, agriculture, FDI, the path since Đổi Mới.
23 articles in this section. Most stand on their own.
Expat salary packages in Vietnam
Senior management, tech, education, and corporate packages — what foreigners actually earn in Vietnam in 2026.
Foreign property ownership in Vietnam
Foreigners can own apartments (with limits) but not land. The 50-year leasehold, the 30%-per-building cap, and the structural reality every foreign buyer should understand.
Manufacturing wages by sector in Vietnam
Garment, electronics, footwear, food processing — the wage and bonus benchmarks across Vietnamese manufacturing sectors.
Vietnamese real estate market by city
Property price trends in HCMC, Hanoi, Da Nang and the secondary cities — what is happening in 2026 and the foreign-buyer angle.
Remittance flows into Vietnam
Overseas Vietnamese sent home roughly $15B+ in 2024 — the size, source countries, recipient regions, and the channels (Wise, Western Union, hawala-style networks).
Vietnam's retail and e-commerce boom
Shopee, TikTok Shop, Lazada, Sendo — the e-commerce platforms now central to Vietnamese consumption. Plus the physical-retail tiers (Vincom, Aeon, Lotte).
Vietnam's special economic zones and industrial parks
Vietnamese SEZs and industrial parks — Bắc Ninh, Hải Phòng, Bình Dương — host most of Vietnam's electronics, garment and foreign-direct manufacturing.
Vietnam's startup ecosystem
VC funding into Vietnamese startups, the major players, the sectors that have produced unicorns, and what makes the Vietnamese ecosystem different from Singapore or Indonesia.
Vietnamese tariff changes post-trade-deal
The EVFTA, CPTPP, RCEP, and US trade policy changes — what has happened to Vietnamese tariffs in 2025–26 and what is on the table.
Vietnam's tourism industry — by the numbers
Annual visitor totals, source countries, top destinations by arrival volume, hotel-stock build-out, and the structural reliance of central Vietnam on tourism.
VC firms and startup funding in Vietnam
Mekong Capital, Vina Capital, Do Ventures, 500 Startups Vietnam — the VC landscape and the funding rounds of 2025–26.
Electronics and Semiconductors: Vietnam's High-Tech Pivot
Vietnam assembles roughly half of Samsung's global smartphone output and is making a determined push into semiconductor packaging and chip design.
FDI and Manufacturing: The Engine of Modern Vietnam
Vietnam has spent forty years building itself into one of Asia's most attractive low-cost manufacturing destinations. Samsung, Intel, Foxconn, and the China+1 story.
Footwear and Garments: Vietnam, the World's Second-Largest Exporter
Vietnam is the world's second-largest exporter of both garments and footwear. Nike, Adidas and Puma have anchored the sector since the late 1990s.
Vietnam's Free Trade Agreements: WTO, CPTPP, EVFTA, RCEP, UKVFTA
Vietnam is one of the most heavily networked trading nations in the world, with sixteen free trade agreements covering markets that account for roughly 60 per cent of global GDP.
Vietnam's Banking System: State, Private and Foreign Banks
Vietnam has four big state-owned banks, a dozen mid-sized private joint-stock banks, and a small but growing foreign-bank presence, all heavily digital.
The Vietnamese Dong: Currency, History and Daily Use
The dong was introduced in 1978 to unify the post-war currency. Today it trades around 25,000 to the US dollar, with polymer notes from 10,000 to 500,000.
Vietnam's Labour Market: Wages, Regions and the Working-Age Bulge
Vietnam has a working-age population of roughly 70 million, a four-tier regional minimum wage, and a wide spread of pay from factory floor to senior finance.
Vietnam's Real Estate Market: Developers, Foreign Ownership and the Bond Crisis
Vietnamese real estate is dominated by a handful of large developers and shaped by a corporate-bond crisis that began in late 2022 and is still working through the system.
Vietnam's Stock Market: HoSE, HNX and the Road to Emerging Status
Vietnam runs two exchanges plus an OTC board. The VN-Index has tripled since 2012 but remains classified as a frontier market by MSCI.
Viettel and Vietnam's Telecoms: From Army Signal Corps to Global Operator
Three operators dominate Vietnamese telecoms: Viettel (military-owned), VNPT and Mobifone. Viettel is also a serious international operator across Africa and Latin America.
Vingroup and Vietnam's Private Conglomerates
A small group of private conglomerates dominate Vietnamese consumer life: Vingroup, Hoa Phat, Vinamilk, Masan, FPT, THACO and the Sovico aviation cluster.
Agriculture and Coffee: Rice, Robusta, and the Mekong Delta
Vietnam is the world's #3 rice exporter and #2 coffee exporter. The country also has a serious climate problem in its delta.