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How to Start a Real Estate Business in Vietnam in 2024

Starting a real estate business in Vietnam presents many opportunities, as the country’s economic growth and rising incomes are fueling demand for both commercial and residential properties. However, entering the Vietnamese real estate market requires a deep understanding of the country’s business environment, real estate culture, and the regulatory landscape.

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How to Brew Beer in Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Vietnam, known for its vibrant beer culture, offers a unique environment for brewing beer. With its rapidly expanding market and growing appreciation for craft and premium brews, the country has become a prime location for both large-scale breweries and small craft beer enthusiasts to thrive. Understanding the nuances of brewing beer in Vietnam, however, including the country’s unique business environment and business practices can be key to ensuring a high-quality product is produced in a timely and effective way.

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How to Make Video Games in Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Making video games in Vietnam for foreign firms and brands is not always easy. From finding the right human resources to finding the right location to ensuring a firm’s intellectual property is protected, there are a myriad of considerations that need to be made. This article lays out the key details foreign game makers might need to know.

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How to Start an Export Business in Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Foreign firms manufacturing in Vietnam count themselves as part of one of the fastest growing manufacturing industries in the world. In this light, there is a huge opportunity in buying and exporting Vietnam-made products around the world. This can be very profitable but there are a few nuances to the process that foreign firms looking to open a factory in Vietnam or export good from Vietnam more generally should be mindful of. 

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How to Import Footwear Materials to Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Vietnam footwear materials manufacturers count themselves as part of one of the biggest footwear materials manufacturing industries in the world. Trailing only India and China, this relatively small country exported footwear materials to the tune of US$19.94 billion in 2023, made for some of the most well-known footwear materials brands.

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How to Export Footwear from Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2023

Vietnam footwear manufacturers count themselves as part of one of the biggest footwear manufacturing industries in the world. In this light, there is a huge opportunity in buying and exporting Vietnamese footwear around the world. This can be very profitable but there are a few nuances to the process that foreign firms looking to export footwear from Vietnam should be mindful of.

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How to Manufacture Shoes in Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Low-cost labour, a long history of footwear and apparel, and a broad drive among shoemakers and brands to diversify their supply chains has seen shoe manufacturing become a major industry in Vietnam. Getting shoes made in Vietnam for foreign firms and brands, however, is not always easy. From finding the right supplier to ensuring the right materials are used, and ensuring intellectual property protection, there are a myriad of considerations that need to be made.

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How to Start an English Centre in Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Vietnam’s booming economy has seen huge numbers of foreign firms enter the market and foreign tourists visit the country. This has created huge demand for English language courses and the proliferation of English language learning centres around the country. Starting an English language centre in Vietnam however, can be tricky.

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How to Open a Bar in Vietnam 2024: Ultimate Guide

Rice wine and beer are staples at traditional family gatherings and special events. They’re also very popular at the end of the working week (and sometimes weekdays at noon). But whereas historically this was the limit of Vietnam’s drinking culture, rapid industrialisation has brought with it a thirst for all

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How to Start a Business in Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Vietnam’s booming economy has seen huge numbers of foreign firms enter the market. More often than not, they are looking for a low-cost manufacturing base to make their goods or a rapidly emerging consumer market in which to sell their goods, for both of which Vietnam ranks highly. Starting a

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How to Export Coffee from Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Vietnam is among the world’s biggest coffee exporters. In 2022, Vietnam exported coffee to the tune of 1.78 million tons second in volume only to Brazil. This brought the burgeoning Southeast Asian nation either US$3.2 billion or US$4 billion, depending on who you ask. Either way, it’s a huge amount

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How to Import Coffee to Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Vietnam frequently ranks as the second biggest coffee producer in the world, even sometimes first. However, whereas in most Western countries Arabica is the coffee of choice, Vietnam specializes in Robusta. As more Western coffee chains have emerged, demand for Arabica has grown. In this context, coffee producers worldwide may

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How to Open a Gym in Vietnam 2024: Ultimate Guide

Health and well-being are becoming more popular by the day in Vietnam. From team sports to swimming to yoga and gym an increasingly wealthy middle class is going all in on making themselves feel and look good. Opening a gym in Vietnam for foreign firms or individuals, however, is not

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How to Open a Retail Store in Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Shopping at retail stores in Vietnam is becoming increasingly popular as wages rise and the variety of products on offer expands. This presents a range of opportunities for foreign retail store chains. Opening a retail store in Vietnam for foreign firms, however, is not always easy. Not only are there

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How to Open a Data Centre in Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Data centres in Vietnam are becoming more and more common. This is a result of a broader move to digitise the economy as well as several key regulations that require businesses to store the data of Vietnamese users in Vietnam. Opening a data centre in Vietnam for foreign firms or

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How to Open a Hotel in Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Vietnamese love taking holidays and as incomes have risen in recent years they have taken to travelling more and more. Furthermore, Vietnam has become a popular travel destination for travellers from outside of the country–in 2019, it welcomed some 19 million foreign visitors, a number it is expected to reach

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