Affluence, e-commerce make Vietnam a lucrative cosmetics market

Rising incomes, higher demand for beauty products and online shopping are throwing up enormous opportunities for businesses in the cosmetics market.

Japanese police have detained a Vietnamese duo for shoplifting baby goods and cosmetics from a local store, the second arrest in days.

Forty-eight percent of Vietnamese consumers buy premium products online from local retailers, with cosmetics the top category, a report says.

March 22, 2019 | 08:23 am GMT+7

Hong Kong healthcare and beauty retailer Watsons will open its first outlet in HCMC Thursday.

January 14, 2019 | 01:37 pm GMT+7

Cosmetics no longer seen as exclusively for women and male celebrities showing that it is okay for men to dab on a bit of blush.

August 10, 2018 | 01:15 pm GMT+7

The beauty care industry is doing better than expected in Vietnam, but foreign brands are the ones sitting pretty.

July 31, 2018 | 01:14 pm GMT+7

Fancy a new nose? Welcome to Vietnam.

July 02, 2017 | 09:02 am GMT+7

L'Oreal sold The Body Shop for one billion euros ($1.1 billion).

June 27, 2017 | 04:34 pm GMT+7