(VOV) - While shrimp exports to most markets saw a decline, exports to the UK have increased significantly in recent months.

Ascendas, Asia’s leading business space solutions provider, and its joint venture partner, Saigon Bund Capital Partners, on October 1 celebrated the ground breaking of OneHub Saigon, a 12-hectare integrated business park development located at Saigon Hi-tech Park (SHTP) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 

Vietnamese goods account for 75% of market share and are favoured in the rural areas, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has said.

A pact signed on October 1 has officially sealed a merger deal between Sacombank and Southern Bank. 

The southern province of Dong Nai attracted an estimated US$1.83 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of 2015, up 54% against the same period last year and surpassing the yearly target by 83%. 

Vietnam’s foodstuff sector has encountered a spectrum of challenges in an attempt to gain a firm foothold in the domestic market due to the flood of foreign commodities.

Can Tho is eager to speed up its trade relationship with Germany through cooperative promotion programmes with mutual benefits.

The Lotte Engineering and Construction ( Lotte E&C) of the Republic of Korea wants to invest in the phase II of the Yen Vien – Lao Cai Railway project under the build-lease-transfer (BLT) model, according to the Ministry of Transport. 

The Vietnam-Russia Oil and Gas Joint Venture (Vietsovpetro) extracted 33.6 million tonnes of oil in the period from 2010 to 2015, surpassing the five-year target by 3%. 

(VOV) - Vietnam banks have been in a restructuring mode lately as part of their attempt to get the banking system in shape for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economic integration at the end of the year, say leading industry analysts.

(VOV) - Nearly 100 businesses participated in the Vietnam Farm Expo 2015 on October 1 displaying their farm produce of VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards, as well as organic products at more than 200 pavilions.

The new position of Vietnam in the global rankings of competitiveness is 56, as announced on September 30 by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Billionaire Hoang Kieu has been included on a list of the 400 wealthiest people in America by Forbes magazine.

Several domestic garment and textile companies would face more challenges from large rivals following integration, said Tran Quang Nghi, chairman of the National Garment and Textile Group (Vinatex).

Casinos in Vietnam earned VND1.37 trillion (US$61.56 million) from foreign punters or foreign passport holders in 2014, which is however still modest compared to the amount of money Vietnamese bettors spent on gambling in Cambodia.

Cambodia is designing plans to give its riel (the local currency) a boost in an attempt to limit dollarization, China’s Xinhua news agency quoted Neav Chanthana, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), as saying. 

Vietnam welcomes foreign businesses’ stable and long-term investments and operations and considers their success as its own, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at the Vietnam Global Investment Forum in Hanoi on September 30.

Senior agricultural officials of Vietnam and India on September 30 agreed to form a joint working group to examine opportunities and resolve problems hampering the trade of agro-products between the two countries. 

(VOV) - Steel making in Vietnam is in danger of coming to a full stop and the root cause of its demise lies in the fact China is increasingly dumping vast stockpiles of steel in markets around the globe say leading market analysts.

(VOV) - The 15th edition of the Vietnam International Printing & Packaging Industry Exhibition, September 30-October 3, has kicked off at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s macro-economy has remained stable so far this year with September’s average consumer price index (CPI) up 0.74% year-on-year and no signs of inflation, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment at the regular Cabinet meeting in Hanoi on September 30.

The French Development Agency (AFD) and the Electricity de France International Networks (EDF IN) signed two financial agreements valued at US$752,223, in Hanoi on September 29.

The new power tariffs will not raise prices for households while increasing revenue for the sector, an official of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) said.

Representatives from Vietnamese enterprises in Cambodia have called on the Vietnamese Government to create more favourable conditions for them to conduct business in the host country, contributing to boosting bilateral economic, trade and investment ties.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Global Investment Forum opened in Hanoi on September 30, focusing on economic prospects, FDI trends and state-owned enterprise (SOE) equitisation.

Current factors, including the global recession, Chinese yuan devaluation and global oversupply, do not support Vietnamese farm exports, experts say.

Average annual space rent at industrial parks (IPs) in Ho Chi  Minh City is much higher than in Hanoi as shown in a recent report by property service provider Savills Vietnam.

Vietnam is creating a framework to stimulate private investments in the aviation industry, as public-private partnerships for development of this sector has become a trend in the region.

The country's total retail sales and services revenue reached US$110 billion, rising 9.8% over the same period last year, or 9.1%, if inflation is excluded.

Fruit and vegetable exports are expected to reach US$2 billion this year as more and more countries have opened their door to Vietnamese fruits and vegetables.