French retailer Auchan sells Vietnam operations to Saigon Co.op

Supermarket chain Saigon Co.op will stop selling plastic straws at all its stores from next month as an environment-friendly measure.

Several Vietnamese supermarkets have started using banana leaves to wrap vegetables in an effort to reduce plastic waste.

Sumitomo Corp. will open its first supermarket in Vietnam this month, targeting increasingly well-off middle-class consumers.

While traditional markets still dominate Vietnamese shopping, convenience stores are becoming more popular.

VinCommerce, owner of the largest Vietnamese retail outlet chain, has bought out competitor supermarket chain Fivimart.

Japanese retail company AEON has closed its cooperation with Vietnamese shopping market chain Fivimart, a source has told VnExpress.

Industry and Trade Ministry suspends controversial decree on holiday openings and promotions.

'Millions of women and men who produce our food are trapped in poverty and face brutal working conditions.'

'Modern trade has a much higher growth rate than traditional trade in Vietnam.'

Many office workers don't have time to shop at the already overcrowded supermarkets.

The big-box shopping format is slowly but surely losing its share.

Since 2012, Vietnam's retail market has witnessed a boom in mergers and acquisitions with several big moves made by Thai investors.