Agricultural products and state-of-the-art equipment and technology for storage and agro-processing have been showcased at Vietnam Farm Expo at the Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City.

German businesses see Vietnam as a potential market for their development, said Germany’s Commercial Counsellor in Vietnam Hans Brunner.

(VOV) -To survive the economic slowdown, businesses have no choice but to renovate technology and cut production costs.

(VOV) - Vietnamese Trade Counselor to China Bui Huy Hoang expects two-way trade turnover between the two nations to hit US$60 billion by 2015.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) reports the domestic auto industry sold 9,785 units in September, a 24% improvement on August and 28% more than a year earlier.

(VOV) -Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai chaired a Vietnam-Malaysia business forum in Kuala Lumpur on October 11 to promote bilateral trade ties in the post-crisis era.

(VOV) - Nearly 20 Japanese businesses have conducted an October 11 visit to Ho Chi Minh City's Integrated Circuits Design Research and Education Center (ICDREC), investigating opportunities to develop a microchip semi-conductor industry.

(VOV) -The European Union (EU) will annually grant more than 300 million euro in official assistance development (ODA) to Vietnam, announced Ambassador and Head of the EU delegation to Vietnam Franz Jessen on October 10.

(VOV) -Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) announced on October 10 that its dairy products have been exported to 26 countries around the world.

(VOV) -Various kinds of farm produce dominate Vietnam Farm Expo 2013, which opened at Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre (TBECC) in Ho Chi Minh City on October 10.

Vietnam will import some 580,000-600,000 tonnes of cotton this year, up nearly 15 percent from last year’s figure.

(VOV) - An alliance of support industry enterprises, aiming to encourage the future development of support industries in Vietnam, opened an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City on October 10.

(VOV) - The Vietnam International Business Centre (VIBC) was officially inaugurated in Hanoi on October 10 following a successful three-month trial.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has approved a 500kV power transmission line project to bring 80% of hydropower supplies from the southern part of Laos and the northeast region of Cambodia to Vietnam. 

(VOV) -Vietnam’s shrimp exports are expected to fetch US$2.5 billion by the end of 2013, surpassing its set target of US$2.3 billion, said VASEP Secretary General Truong Dinh Hoe.

(VOV) - Import-export activities play an important role in the economic development of the capital city. However, due to the impact of global economic downturn, they have hit snags over the past nine months.

(VOV) -Trung Dong Limited Company received 1,500 cows imported from Australia on October 9 in Dong Nai province.

The Ca Mau Agriculture and Rural Development Department has asked all local ship owners not to discharge oil and waste or over exploit aquatic products, said Director Le Van Su.

(VOV) - Vingroup Joint Stock Company has announced that it has completed the negotiation and signing of an international syndicated loan agreement worth US$100 million.

Vietnam is determined to participate in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in 2015 as a way to improve the efficiency of mineral resource governance and ensure a harmonized benefit to people, enterprises and the State. 

The domestic steel industry is continuing to experience difficult times while the real estate market remains frozen, according to the Market Watch Team.

(VOV) - An investment-trade promotion forum between Vietnam and Japan was held in HCM City on October 9 in an effort to boost bilateral trade ties.

PetroVietnam on October 8 reported after-tax profits of VND38.2 trillion (US$1.819 billion) in the first nine months of the year, accounting for 87% of the group's annual target. 

(VOV) - Since its establishment in 1995, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Belgium and Vietnam (CCIBV) has played a leading role in boosting business cooperation between the two countries.

The Cau Giay handicraft and small-scale industrial cluster has received a certificate recognising it as the first concentrated information technology (IT) park in Hanoi. 

Vietnam’s total export turnover of aquatic products was estimated at over US$4.6 billion in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 3%. 

(VOV) - Tra Vinh Province’s Dai Duc Cooperative has already exported around 2.7 tonnes of red flesh dragon fruit to the US since the beginning of October.

(VOV) - The Japanese city of Sakai wants to cultivate positive economic and investment relations with the Vietnamese province of Ha Nam.

(VOV) - Leading experts and researchers from a variety of fields shared their diverse views on potential Vietnamese green growth models at a seminar in Hanoi on October 8.

(VOV) - Vietnam will work closely together with other parties to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations to reach a complete agreement later this year.