Vietnamese and Thai enterprises should sincerely cooperate and actively share experiences and resources towards the success of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which is scheduled to take shape later this year.

(VOV) - Vietnam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation (Viglacera) has just pulled the curtain back on a new type of energy efficient glass that outperforms any similar product on the market.

(VOV) -Agriculture and food safety experts from New Zealand’s leading science institutes will visit Hanoi from 12 to 13 October 2015 to participate in a seminar to exchange ideas and explore opportunities for commercial collaboration to support Vietnam's agriculture sector.  

(VOV) - The Saigon Business Club (SBC) in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City Business Association staged a business festival on October 9, attended by hundreds of small business operators.

Fishermen in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh were introduced to advanced machinery and techniques that can increase tuna productivity during a three-day field trip to the sea with Japanese experts from Kagoshima University.

Banks and credit institutions are confident about an average credit balance growth of 17.6% in 2015 for the whole system, stimulated by the positive outlook of the economy’s demand for financial services.

Vietnam will increase its coal imports to serve domestic production given that global prices remain low and local mining is facing difficulties. 

Some 550 villas and row houses are set to be available in Hanoi’s real estate market by the end of this year, according to statistics from Savills Vietnam, the largest property company in the country.

Vietnam’s automobile sales in September shot up 17% from previous month, amounting to 21,366 units, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA).

(VOV) - Improving the supply chains in Ho Chi Minh City to support industrial development is a top priority, said Chief representative Yasuzumi Hirotaka of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).

(VOV) - Despite having an average growth rate of 18.4% for the past five years with exports reaching a record high US$24.7 billion in 2014, the clothing and textile industry hasn’t realized its full potential, said speakers at a recent conference in Hanoi. 

(VOV) - Ninh Thuan province is vigorously restructuring its animal husbandry sector, focusing on livestock with high profitability. 

Vietnamese startups have become more and more attractive to angel investors, seed-funds and series A-funds, both domestic and foreign.

Vietnam stands to gain the most among 12 countries concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal’s negotiation early this week, said the Los Angeles Times on October 8. 

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) is in negotiations over a strategic stake at Vietnam Airlines, and the two parties are expected to finalize the deal in the first quarter of 2016.

Ilshin Vietnam, a subsidiary of Ilshin Company from the Republic of Korea (RoK), inaugurate a fiber factory with an annual capacity of 15,800 tonnes in the southern province of Tay Ninh on October 8.

As many as 2,629 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth US$54.6 billion from eight ASEAN member nations have operated in Vietnam as of June 2015.

(VOV) - An international workshop on prospects for economic cooperation between Vietnam and countries in Africa and the Middle East will be held in Hanoi on October 20. 

(VOV) - On September 8, Vietnam officially implemented its national single-window customs system and technically integrated it with a similar system used by other ASEAN members. 

The animal feed market has been busy recently with many merger & acquisition deals carried out by major companies.

(VOV) - Tra fish fillet exports to China and Hong Kong have skyrocketed in the first eight months of this year, said the Vietnam Tra Fish Association (VTFA) at a press briefing in Can Tho on October 8.

The central bank's recent dollar deposit reduction would not have a negative effect on Vietnamese remittances from overseas because an insignificant amount of the remittances went into savings.

Vietnam's farming, fishery and forestry exports this year may achieve 95 % of the target, said an official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnamese shipping companies are losing in their own homeland as domestic producers continue to choose foreign shippers for their imports and exports.

Vietnam’s business and economic hub, Ho Chi Minh City, welcomed more than 3.2 million foreign visitors, up 5% annually, raking in more than VND69.1 trillion (US$3.14 billion), a 6% rise, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

The Government is considering a comprehensive legal framework for casinos, which would allow Vietnamese citizens to gamble in casinos.

(VOV) - Fruit and vegetable exports are forecast to climb to a record high US$2 billion by the end of the year, a leading economist at the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association (Vinafruit) announced at a recent conference.

Vietnam's currency, the dong, has strengthened against the US dollar this week after the central bank's recent regulations on tightening foreign currency transactions.

(VOV) - The country has won a contract to sell 1 million tonnes of rice to Indonesia after shipping 450,000 tonnes to the Philippines earlier, according to the Saigon Times Online.

US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius on October 8 said in a statement that with the successful conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the United States and Vietnam are poised to become partners in a trading block that represents nearly 40% of global GDP.