(VOV) - The Vietnam peppercorn industry has expanded over the past five years to become one of the world's top markets and is ideally situated to potentially become even a more significant player in the global spice market.

What economists have warned about is coming true: registered steel projects have not been implemented as promised.

EuroCham, in its latest report about foreign investors’ views about Vietnam’s energy policies, pointed out that Vietnam’s ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) does not depend on the price of electricity.

Cisco, a worldwide leader in IT, and the Management Authority for Urban Railways of Ho Chi Minh City entered into an agreement to conduct a feasibility study relating to the Integrated Telecommunications Control Centre for the Ho Chi Minh City urban railways at the MAUR headquarters recently.

The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) hopes to expand investment in agriculture in the northern province of Ha Nam, which has advantages for agricultural production. 

Business executives in Asia and Europe met in the Asia House in London on June 12 for a conference on ASEAN strategy. 

(VOV) - A contingent of investors from India met with the local provincial authorities and business leaders in central Quang Binh province on June 13 to discuss the potential for future cooperation and investment. 

(VOV) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in collaboration with the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan and the Vietnam Business Association organized a business forum on June 12 in Tokyo, aiming to mobilize support from the Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) community. 

(VOV) - Last year when Samsung Electronics announced plans to create a new US$3bn smartphone factory in the north-eastern province of Thai Nguyen, close to the capital city of Hanoi, many industry insiders were ecstatic.

The supply of retail space in Vietnam’s largest city may double in the next three years, with major projects in the eastern section of the city, accompanied by new residential areas and a new Metro route.

Vietnam's gross domestic product growth is forecast to reach 6 % this year, gradually increasing to 6.5 % in 2017, according to the World Bank.

More than 17,920 cars were sold in Vietnam in May, which were fewer than the month before, but still higher than the same period last year.

Commercial banks which have not listed their shares on the bourse by the end of 2016 may be forced to undergo restructuring or merge with other institutions.

The Vietnamese brewery market is dominated by three major players. However, the face of the market may be change in the near future as a new company has arrived.

Nguyen Hoang Minh, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the State Bank of Vietnam, shares with VIR’s Thuy Vinh the city’s inward remittance picture during January-May and its growth perspective in 2015.

Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan on June 12 told the National Assembly that a trial private venture fund for technology development, licensed early this year, has proved to be a good start. 

Industrial parks (IP) in the northern province of Ha Nam have so far this year attracted 116 foreign-invested projects totalling over US$1.19 billion and 94 domestic-funded ones worth VND9.5 trillion (US$445 million). 

A number of domestic businesses have come forward to invest in building a new terminal at Danang International Airport in the central city of Danang.

(VOV) - Vietnam businesses ship thousands of tonnes of fruits and vegetables to Cambodia daily by road via the Tinh Bien border gate.

(VOV) - The third China-South Asia Expo and the 23rd Kunming Import and Export Fair  officially kicked off on June 12 in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. 

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has highlighted the significance the free trade agreement (FTA) between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam, saying it paves the way for his country to access the Southeast Asian market. 

(VOV) - Local and foreign companies gathered at Sugarex Vietnam 2015 held in HCM City on June 10-11, to showcase their latest advanced equipment and technologies in the sugar industry as well as support industries. 

Foreign banks, especially those from Asia, are strengthening their foothold in Vietnam to cater to a growing number of multinational companies and crowd out local lenders.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai ordered preparations to be made to boost the distribution and consumption of biofuel E5 RON 92 nationwide.

Local retail electricity price will be adjusted under a market mechanism by 2016, said Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang.

The Japan-based Tabuchi Electronic Co. Ltd., a renowned manufacturer of power components and transformers, will invest 1.5 billion JPY (US$12.1 million) in building a workshop in its plant in Vietnam’s northern Bac Ninh province. 

Authorities in central Thanh Hoa province held talks with heads of Vietnamese representative agencies in foreign countries on June 11 in a bid to promote local potential overseas. 

(VOV) - Roughly 5,384 tonnes of fresh lychee valued at US$850,374 were exported to China via the Tan Thanh border gate over the past 20 days.

(VOV) - Nexttel Cameroon, formerly known as Viettel Cameroon, has celebrated a remarkable milestone with the welcoming of its two millionth mobile phone customer in the Republic of Cameroon in Central Africa.

Developing countries face a series of tough challenges in 2015, including the looming prospect of higher borrowing costs as they adapt to a new era of low prices for oil and other key commodities, resulting in a fourth consecutive year of disappointing economic growth this year, says the World Bank Group’s latest Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, released on June 11.