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Government agencies, consumers, manufacturers and the entire community should work together to fight phony or counterfeit products, delegates told a conference in HCM City on November 27.
The country's total retail sales and service revenue in the first 11 months of this year reached VND2,386 trillion (US$113 billion), the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.
The first ever Japan-Vietnam piano festival will take place in Hanoi from November 27-29.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has instructed localities to take measures to prevent and handle foot-and-mouth disease which has reappeared in five northern central provinces.
The customs department and police are investigating the transport of 229kg of heroin from Vietnam to Taiwan earlier this month.
Information security awareness among Vietnamese enterprises has gradually increased and they have started to recognise the importance of investing in information security.
Bilateral trade between Vietnam and Israel will likely reach some US$574.4 million by year-end, up 31% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has announced a turnover of VND627 trillion (US$29.85 billion) over the past 10 months, or 0.4% more than the same period last year.
An international conference on spiritual tourism for sustainable development opened in the Red River Delta province of Ninh Binh on November 21.
Truong Minh Dien of Vietnam has won the 2013 CGAP Photo Contest for his photo Rainy Afternoon.