Retail market more attractive to investors

Supply chains: Women trading silk and fruits at Hang Gai Street in Hanoi. Traditional retail, which consists grocery stores and open-air markets, has the lion’s share of the retail sector in Vietnam.

HANOI: Vietnam’s retail market is becoming a magnet for investors, thanks to favourable conditions such as political stability, transparent capital control and a large market size.

AEON, Lotte, Circle K and K-Mart, to name a few, are among large retailers that have been expanding their retail chains in the country recently.