The State Bank of Vietnam's Governor Nguyen Van Binh is planning a more flexible monetary policy in the second half of this year to achieve credit growth of 12 to 14% by year-end.

The ASEAN Economic Community to be established next year is expected to enable free movement of goods, capital, and skilled labour, a seminar heard in HCM City on July 9.

(VOV) -Nguyen Mau Vinh Quang and Nguyen Thu Phuong were the two remaining host players at the International Tennis Federation U18 tournament on July 9.

Vietnam will host the first International Fashion Week in Ho Chi Minh City this December with leading Vietnamese designers presenting their collections, alongside their Asian and international counterparts.

More than 200 college and university students throughout the country will receive one-year student grants of US$294 from the German State of Hessen's Ministry of Science and Arts, according to a representative from the Hessen office in Hanoi.

Danang and its Japanese business association will host the Vietnam-Japan Culture Exchange and Cuisine Festival on July 16-17, vice director of the city's Foreign Affairs Department Mai Dang Hieu said on July 7.

The export value of seafood in the first half of this year grew strongly due to a sharp increase in shrimps and prawns.

Only two of 13 Vietnamese registered victories in the first round of the Vietnam International Tennis Federation's U-18 tournament, in Can Tho City's Sports Complex on July 7.

There is no need to worry about credit growth in foreign currencies in the first half of this year as the ratio of dollar loans versus mobilisation is within its safe threshold.

Vietnam spent nearly US$500 million in the first half of 2014 to import 25,000 completely built units (CBU) cars, an increase of 44.4% in volume and 53.9% in value year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).