The World Economic Forum on East Asia opened Sunday in Ho Chi Minh City, the first time the gathering has been held in Vietnam.

HA NOI — Viet Nam remains attractive to foreign investors, according to the European Chamber of Commerce in Viet Nam (Eurocham) at a seminar on foreign investment in Viet Nam in the post-economic crisis period.

US aerospace company Lockheed Martin Commercial signed a contract on Tuesday to manufacture Vietnam’s second satellite, VINASAT-2, which is scheduled for launch in 2012

The world’s largest container transporter Maersk Line opened the first direct cargo route from Vietnam to the US on Tuesday

Demand for retail space increased in the first quarter of this year and was expected to grow in the coming time, according to foreign property service company CB Richard Ellis Viet Nam Company Ltd (CBRE).