The rapid growth of supermarkets, trade centers and e-commerce is expected to strengthen throughout Vietnam in 2010, said Dinh Thi My Loan, general secretary of Vietnam Retailers Association. Vietnamese consumers are spending less on shopping than before, but that doesn’t mean they’re buying less stuff, she said. Many people still shop every day but they want it to be a more “convenient” and... 

U.S. real estate services provider CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has become the exclusive leasing and marketing agent for a trade center to come online in Hanoi in 2011. The Mo Market Trade Center, at 459C Bach Mai Street, is being built by the Vietnam Construction and Import-Export Corporation. The 24,000 square meter project, with a total budget of VND1.5 trillion (US$81.23 million), includes a 15-storey...