The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham), its Green Growth Sector Committee (EuroCham GGSC) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) announced the results of their study to determine the position of foreign direct investors toward energy pricing and supply policy in Vietnam on June 5.

The Mercosur-ASEAN Chamber of Commerce officially opened in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo on June 4 with the aim to promote economic, trade, and investment cooperation between the two blocs.

Representatives of farmers, businesses, scientists and authorities in the southwest provinces of Tien Giang, Ben Tre and Dong Thap will gather at a forum on June 8 to seek effective agricultural production methods.

More than 150 instant food products made of rice are available at supermarkets. The industry has been witnessing a steady high growth rate of 20%-40% per annum in recent years.

(VOV) - Vietnam is rolling out a large number of agricultural foods in an exhibition at Singapore’s largest supermarket chain – NTU FairPrice – in a bid to win over consumers and boost exports.

Business confidence, outlook and expectations for the future among European businesses in Vietnam in the first quarter of 2015 declined slightly from the end of last year, according to the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham). 

The Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) asked the National Assembly on June 4 to ratify a recently signed free trade agreement (FTA) with Vietnam. 

Hanoi economy is expected to grow at 7.8% during the first half of this year - the fastest pace in four years, reported the Ha Noi Moi (New Hanoi) daily newspaper. 

(VOV) - Furniture executives from around the globe are knocking at the door of Vietnam, a rapidly emerging supplier for high quality and some of the least expensive woodwork exports on the global market.

(VOV) - DHL Express – the world’s leading logistics company on June 4 announced that it will provide express delivery services to the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank).

Vietnam has seen the greatest rise in the proportion of electricity generated through renew-ables in ASEAN, according to a report released by a British accounting body on June 4.

Vietnamese consumers spent well over half a billion US dollars on smartphones in the first quarter of this year, data from a market tracker shows.

Sugar production – the industry which now enjoys the highest protection level from the State – is expected to ‘die’ when Vietnam cuts the sugar import tariff to five percent in 2018 as committed.

US-based chipmaker Intel Corporation will relocate a part of its production facility in Malaysia to Vietnam as well as China in an effort to cut labor costs, according to government website chinhphu.vn.

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has announced that it will stop publishing the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for Vietnam after five years of offering it for free for the Southeast Asian country, along with others worldwide.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of the northern Hoa Binh province Nguyen Van Quang has spoken of the contributions by investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to the locality’s economic development. 

A conference will be held in Ho Chi Minh City from October 14-16 promoting Vietnam as an attractive emerging information technology (IT) outsourcing destination.

(VOV) -A forum of overseas Vietnamese intellectuals and experts is set to take place in Hanoi on June 6 focusing on improving Vietnam’s competitiveness in the global economy. 

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will release a master plan for the development of the macadamia industry by the end of this year. 

Vietnam’s domestic consumer spending has risen in the first five months of 2015, indicating a boost for the country’s economic growth, according to the Dau Tu (Investment) newspaper. 

(VOV) - PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (ticker GAS), engaged in the oil and gas refining and marketing industry, was ranked number one on Forbes top 50 Vietnamese companies list.

(VOV) - Rice exports to Turkey continue to dip sharply while vegetable and fruit exports to the market jump high, according to the Vietnam Trade Office (VTO) in Turkey.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will take bold actions against any breach of its rules on bank share ownership restriction.

The Haengsung Electronics Vietnam Ltd Company will build a US$100 million plant to manufacture electronic spare parts within the Trang Duae industrial zone in the northern city of Haiphong.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s exports to China rises by 10% per year, however, the country’s trade deficit with China remains large.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has pledged to create a niche for Portuguese businesses to operate sustainably and effectively in Vietnam.

The boom in trade expected from upcoming free trade agreements, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) as well the country’s rapidly growing e-commerce are going to drive a transformation in Vietnam’s logistics industry. 

The quota for Laos sugar imports (coded HS 1701) is 50,000 tonnes this year, and the import tariff is 2.5%, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam has developed an early warning system of anti-dumping cases for 12 goods categories, as released during a conference held on June 3 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is making concerted efforts to increase its competitiveness capacity to appear in the list of ten most competitive localities in the country, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Van Tam.