(VOV) - Jonathan Dunn has taken over as the chief representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Vietnam, replacing outgoing Sanjay Kalra Kahn who has finished his four-year tenure.

(VOV) - The final round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have on July 26 concluded in Hawaii and all that remains is ratification by the individual separate governments of the 12 member nations.

The Vietnam Global Investment Forum will be held in Hanoi on September 9, according to Euromoney.

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang is attending a meeting of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade ministers, which kicked off in Hawaii, the US, on the morning of July 29 (Vietnam time).

(VOV) - Many Vietnamese businesses have shown their keen on investing in Moscow oblast (province), typically TH-True Milk – TH Group with a more than US$2 billion project on dairy cow breeding and processing of dairy products.

The luxury river cruiser “Anawrahta”, owned by Heritage Line, has left Ho Chi Minh City aboard the heavy lift vessel, Rolldock Storm, bound for a 5-day journey to Myanmar where it will ply the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin Rivers beginning mid-September 2015.

Coffee from Cau Dat in Da Lat has become one of seven kinds of Arabica coffee sold at Starbucks stores worldwide.

Vietnam remains among the top ten most optimistic markets globally, despite a strong decline in consumer confidence in the second quarter of this year, a consumer insight firm said.

Vietnam is emerging as one of the most attractive emerging markets, as reported in many foreign newspapers and financial newswires, after the government of Vietnam lifted the foreign ownership ratio ceiling in unconditional business fields.

The Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) will increase its charter capital from current VND2.48 trillion (US$113.8 million) to VND6 trillion (US$273.2 million), as per the draft circular about the regulations governing the company's organisation and operation.

Despite some encouraging results, Vietnam's cocoa sector has not enjoyed stable development in the past decade, a review meeting heard in HCM City yesterday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) will continue promoting its campaign, Vietnamese people give priority to using Vietnamese products, so that more and more local people begin using these indigenous products by this year end.

Designing a strategy for the development of material industries supporting national industrialisation and modernisation from 2015-2020 is among the key tasks of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission for the rest of the year, as heard at a conference on July 28. 

Experts from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the Republic of Korea (RoK) gathered in Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on July 28 to join a conference on enhancing rural development in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) by developing hi-tech agriculture and sustainable tourism. 

A forum for business cooperation between Vietnam and Canada took place on July 28 in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing together 200 businesses from both sides to discuss cooperation in economics, education, technology and the environment. 

ASEAN countries have so far poured over US$3.42 billion into 129 projects in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to Bo Ngoc Thu, Director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.

Singapore and Indonesia signed three agreements on July 28 in Singapore to foster their bilateral relations moving forward. 

The northern province of Ha Nam has offered incentives for Japanese investment in hi-tech local agricultural production, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Mai Tien Dung has said. 

(VOV) -Vietnam and New Zealand will spur food safety cooperation, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat at a recent meeting with New Zealand's Minister for Food Safety and Associate Minister for Primary Industries Jo Goodhew in Hanoi.

(VOV) - Vietnamese companies are selling record amounts of fruit and vegetables with shipments to overseas markets having soared by almost 36% in 2014 to an all-time high of US$1.4 billion, according to official statistics.

(VOV) - BreadTalk Vietnam has planned to open two new bakery outlets in Ho Chi Minh City and Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai province, this August.

Ho Chi Minh City is supporting exporters to expand their markets by holding trade and investment promotion activities in the remaining months of this year. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s footwear exports jumped 21.2% to more than US$5.85 billion in the first half of this year, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam earned almost US$1.2 billion from shipping more than 2.8 million tonnes of rice to foreign markets since the outset of this year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

(VOV) - The 6th Vietnam International Advertising Equipment and Technology Exhibition (VietAd 2015) is set to get underway from July 29 to August 1 at Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Agri-forestry and seafood exports in July are estimated at US$2.47 billion, bringing the total export revenue in 7 months to US$16.93 billion, down 3.6% against the corresponding period last year.

Vietnam's VN Index topped a list of the world markets that rose the most between June 24 and July 24.

Vietnam’s retail market is set to grow by 8.4 per cent by 2020, making it one of the fastest-growing markets in Southeast Asia, according to InsideRetail.asia, Asia’s leading authority on retail industry news and trends.

Vietnam will strive to become one of the top five nations in international trade statistics of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by 2017.

The VND30 trillion vegetable oil market has welcomed many newcomers, as well as a major sweets manufacturer.