At least 40,000 liters of gasoline been leaked into the Tien River, a tributary to the Mekong River in Tien Giang Province, after a collision with a gas tanker on December 15.

Ho Chi Minh City police said on December 15 they had arrested a Chinese man for allegedly stabbing his Vietnamese wife to death in a bathroom after a quarrel.

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement has enthused garment producer Phong Phu since it is expected to bring more export opportunities, especially in the big markets of the US, Japan and Australia.

A US$1.2 billion airports operator going public in a country with one of the world's fastest growing air travel markets proved an attractive deal for foreign investors, who have largely shunned Vietnam's privatization drive due to the meagre stakes on offer.

Ho Chi Minh City police on December 9 said they had taken into custody a Chinese man for his alleged involvement in a phone scam ring that cheated many people out of billions of dong, local media reported.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities are considering handing over a multimillion-dollar parking lot project that has been in limbo for more than a year to real estate conglomerate Vingroup.

Tipco Asphalt Pcl, or Tasco, a major asphalt manufacturer in Thailand, plans to acquire five companies in Vietnam and Indonesia for a total of US$61.8 million, news website Deal Street Asia has reported.

The e-commerce market in Vietnam is expanding rapidly but local investors are losing their share to foreign competitors with deeper pockets for expensive marketing campaigns.

A subsidiary of Hoa Sen Group, one of Vietnam's biggest steel producers, has acquired a license to develop a VND2 trillion (US$87.48 million) mill in the central province of Binh Dinh.