Artificial Intelligence is transforming many industries, including cosmetics, according to the leading market expansion services provider DKSH.

The Beautycare Expo 2024 kicked off Hanoi on April 18, featuring over 250 booths from more than 15 countries and territories.

More than 150 Indian firms operating in different spheres in India attended a trade promotion programme held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade in New Delhi on July 18.

Food is the most purchased item by Vietnamese e-shoppers, followed by clothing, footwear and cosmetics.

Stores in Ho Chi Minh City have introduced a wide range of products for International Women’s Day (March 8) and are offering promotions to attract buyers.

Thailand will ban the import, production and sale of beauty products containing plastic microbeads, effective from Januar 1, 2020, the Ministry of Public Health announced on December 24.

Vietnamese businesses should make use of e-commerce to promote exports, heard a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 25.

Vietnam’s food processing and packaging industry has expanded by 15-20 percent annually over the past several years and is likely to grow further in the coming years, according to the Association of Vietnam Retailers (AVR).

The southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City will host the first Saigon Beauty Show from September 5 to 7.

A total of 150 Vietnamese businesses and 250 others from Thailand are displaying their products at an exhibition that opened in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on May 31.

Online shopping has increased significantly in Vietnam, especially by young consumers, according to the High Quality Vietnamese Product Business Association.

Vietnamese businesses are participating in the ASEAN Natural & Organic Show in India from December 15-17.

More than 120 bioproducts in cosmetics, functional food, medical equipment and environment made in the Republic of Korea (RoK) are being introduced to Vietnamese consumers at an exhibition that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13.

With double-digit growth annually, Vietnam has a promising cosmetics industry for foreign firms seeking to expand overseas, experts have said.

Cambodian police have confiscated over 30 tonnes of counterfeit cosmetic products in a raid in Phnom Penh last week, the Counter Counterfeit Committee said on May 30.

High levels of mercury were detected in the "Royal Expert” whitening cream, announced Singapore's Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in a press release on May 22.

There are significant opportunities for Vietnamese firms to invest in the beauty sector in Cambodia and Myanmar as well as export beauty products to the two markets, participants at an Ho Chi Minh City conference said on May 18.

The domestic cosmetics market has never been as vibrant as it is at present, with Vietnam having joined various free trade agreements which slash import tariffs on cosmetics to 0 – 5 percent.

The Thailand Centre of Excellence for Life Sciences (TCELS) has signed a MoU with France to develop cosmetics for Asians and attract investors to Thailand.

Cosmobeaute Vietnam 2016, the biggest beauty trade exhibition in the Indochina region, will return to HCM City next month.