Authorities and experts came together in Hanoi on July 9 to discussed how to improve the quality and efficiency of livestock production in the second half of 2015.

Minh Hung Co., New Star Land, and VietHousing Co., the authorised agents of Vinhomes Royal City, are going to open a grand sales event of luxury apartments at Vinhomes Royal City July 11 in Hanoi.

The LaoVietBank recently signed a contract with a Lao construction company to finance a project to upgrade Route 16 in Laos.

(VOV) -Hong Kong enterprises want to cooperate with Vietnam in developing brand names and creating eye-catching product designs to improve competitiveness.

The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has got a license to invest an additional nearly US$3.5 million in Miraka Limited Company of New Zealand.

(VOV) - Vietnam ranks third among world footwear exporters in terms of value, only after China and Italy, according to the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso).

(VOV) - Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is allowed to establish its branch in Vietnam.

Modern industry in Vietnam mainly revolved around assembling parts and components, said Dr. Pham Xuan Duong, permanent deputy head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Economic Affairs.

The number of people and firms seeking advice about business startups at the HCMC Department of Planning and Investment has surged since the amended enterprise and investment laws took effect on July 1. 

Some economic experts and officials have expressed concerns over the possible return of a real estate bubble in the coming years. Nguyen Van Duc, vice chairman of the HCMC Real Estate Association, granted an exclusive interview to the Saigon Times Daily.

Authorities in the northern province of Vinh Phuc have recalled a license for a US$200-million factory invested by the world's largest electronics manufacturer Foxconn, local media reported on July 9.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on July 9 gave directives for the continuation of Resolution 13 to develop Vietnam's infrastructure to meet the demand of a modern, industrialised country by 2020, which was approved by the Central Committee in January 2012.

The technology and equipment fair (Techmart) 2015 opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 9, showing more than 90 new and highly applicable products. 

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has ordered relevant ministries, sectors and localities take drastic measures to ensure state-owned enterprise (SOEs) reform in 2015.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong witnessed the signing of four cooperation agreements totaling US$507 million between Vietnam and the World Bank (WB) aiming to support Vietnam’s agricultural development, green transport and poverty reduction in Washington D.C., on July 9. 

Airports across the country served 29.8 million passengers and handled 467,000 tonnes of goods in the first half of this year, marking year-on-year increases of 20.4 % and 7.7 %, respectively, said Lai Xuan Thanh, Head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). 

A fair on industry and trade in the Northern Central Coastal region was launched in Dong Ha City, Quang Tri province, on July 8, featuring around 500 exhibition booths run by nearly 240 domestic and international businesses. 

The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives have signed a memorandum of cooperation to promote Thai agricultural and processed products for consumers worldwide.

Citibank NA, a unit of Citigroup Inc (C.N), said it will get the go-ahead soon from Vietnam's central bank to set up a subsidiary in the country, which would make it the seventh wholly foreign-owned lender to operate in Vietnam.

Vietnam's electronics sector is becoming a force in Asia. While electronics exports from Asia rose by 17 % between 2010-14, Vietnam's contribution ballooned by about 10 times, according to Singapore-based DBS group research.

Vietnam and France have had a number of cooperative activities in energy, including oil and gas exploration, exploitation and processing as well as technology transfer, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung at a forum in Paris on July 7. 

Bel Vietnam, a subsidiary of France’s Bel Group, broke ground on its second cheese factory in southern Binh Duong province on July 8. 

Hanoi recorded an economic growth rate of 7.8% in the first half of 2015 – the fastest pace in the same period of the last four years, revealed the 13th sitting of the 14th municipal People’s Council. 

The free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) represents a turning point and huge mutual benefit, said Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, Director of the World Trade Organisation Centre under the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). 

(VOV) -Representatives of 300 Thai and Vietnamese entities from the public and private sectors gathered at a forum in Ho Chi Minh City on July 8 seeking ways to enhance trade and investment ties between the two nations.

Vietnam splashed out US$1.73 billion on livestock feed and material imports in the first two quarters of the year, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

(VOV) - Telecom regulators in Myanmar have approved the issuance of a license for FPT Group, paving the way for it to provide internet services to the Southeast Asian consumer market of 56 million.

(VOV) - Central Ha Tinh province signed five economic cooperation deals with German partners at an investment promotion conference held at the Viethaus in Berlin on July 7.

The state audit office has ordered the country's largest brewer, Sabeco, to pay VND408 billion (US$18.68 million) in luxury tax it allegedly owes from 2013, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported on July 6.

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