Bloomberg Lotte Group’s efforts to sell its China stores have stalled as buyers aren’t sure they will be able to run the outlets normally after government allegations of fire safety infractions, a company executive said. South Korea’s largest department store operator, Lotte Shopping Co., has taken a sales hit in China over the past year after the group provided land ...

Bloomberg HNA Group Co. agreed to sell two plots of land in Hong Kong to the city’s second-richest man for HK$16 billion ($2 billion) as the cash-strapped Chinese conglomerate accelerates asset disposals to repay its mounting debt. The sites, purchased just over a year ago, were sold to billionaire Lee Shau Kee’s Henderson Land Development Co., according to a statement ...

Bloomberg Coffee shipments from Vietnam, the world’s biggest robusta producer, will surge this year as farmers harvest a bigger crop, according to Industry and Trade Minister Tran Tuan Anh. Exports may total 1.55 million metric tons in 2018, Anh said in a written response to Bloomberg questions. Production is set to increase about 4.5 percent to 1.6 million tons in ...