Sustainable lobster farming across the central region was the focus of a seminar held in Nha Trang city, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on August 16. 

Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) will lend VND330 billion (US$15.7 million) for a project to increase the capacity of KCP Vietnam Industries Limited (KCP VIL) in central Phu Yen province.

Coffee prices have dropped to record lows in southern Dong Nai province, pushing coffee growers, particularly small enterprises, to the verge of bankruptcy.

(VOV) - Besides computers, electronic components, investments in real estate and luxury resorts are seen as potential fields for Vietnamese investment in Cuba.

Foreign investors have commended the improvements made in Vietnam’s investment and business climate over recent years.

With the current balance of power, Vietnam and Thailand will participate in a ‘duel’ to obtain the right to sell 250,000 tons of rice to the Philippines.

Foreign investors now stand a chance of becoming Vinamilk’s shareholders as the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has confirmed the State will disinvest from the dairy producer. 

One of the prominent economic happenings globally in recent times is the appreciation of the US dollar, which has affected most countries including Vietnam.

Local authorities are seeking measures to reduce foreign shipping fees in the wake of a vociferous outcry from local importers and exporters.

Permanent Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Pham Xuan Duong held a number of working sessions with Russian economic officials and scholars in Moscow, Russia from August 11-14. 

Vietnam was the second largest live cattle importer of Australia last fiscal year with 309,505 heads exported, up 136 percent, according to the Australian Association of Exporters of Live Cattle and Meat on August 15. 

The northern province of Bac Giang, home to the best litchi crops in Vietnam, achieved glorious victories in terms of both sales and prices of the fruit this year, after years of suffering poor prices against booming supply.

(VOV) - Vietnam and the EU have reached a framework agreement on the creation of a free trade zone under which almost all customs barriers between the partners will be eliminated.

The Vietnam Property Awards on August 14 recognised the country's top real estate developers and finest developments in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi as well as emerging resort destinations.

Cheap imported US chickens have created drastic losses for poultry farmers in the southern province of Dong Nai, as heard at a meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA), the Southeast Livestock Association and the provincial livestock association in the locality on August 13.

The domestic cement industry saw year-on-year growth of 10% in consumption of cement and clinker to 40.98 million tonnes in the first seven months of this year.

Vietnam is actively engaging in bilateral negotiations with the US and several other countries to ensure its key interests before entering a ministerial meeting aimed at finalising the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.

A group of prominent private investors appears to have avoided some of the pain caused by recent market turmoil in China. 

Vietnamese retailers should pay heed to mobile e-commerce to improve product access for consumers and promote market competitiveness, an official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on August 14.

Vietnamese seafood products with international certifications, traditionally used for export purposes, are expected to be served at domestic dining venues across the country as part of the Sustainable Seafood Week from now to August 24.

A delegation of officials from several ministries made a working trip to Thailand on August 13 and 14 during which the two sides agreed to intensify labour cooperation.

The sugar industry aims to produce 1.56 million tonnes of sugar from processing 15.67 million tonnes of sugarcane during the 2015-2016 season.

Officials from the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in agriculture, cultural delegation exchanges, and tourism. 

A delegation of the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TWSE) shared its corporate governance experiences with the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on August 13 and 14. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired a meeting with relevant ministries, sectors and agencies to look at the possible impacts of the Chinese yuan’s devaluation on Vietnam’s economy.

(VOV) - Vietnam shipments of crab to Japan in the six months leading up to July clawed their way up 28.7% compared to last year’s same period to US$8.329 million on the back of tightened controls by Japan over Russian imports.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s recent adjustment of the VND/USD trading band up by 1% is a timely and sound response to the currency market’s movement amid the Chinese yuan's sharp weakening against the US dollar on August 11, said an economist.

Nine out of 29 industrial parks in the southern province of Dong Nai have been flooded with land lease orders to build warehouses or develop production facilities.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has approved in principle the merger of Southern Bank (PNB) into Sai Gon Thuong Tin Bank (Sacombank).

The Prime Minister gave nod to a proposal to cut capital for and scale down a road project that connects Hanoi – Hai Phong and Cau Gie – Ninh Binh highways.