The northern province of Thai Nguyen has granted an investment licence to Electro-Mechanics Vietnam Limited Company under Samsung Corporation to invest in a high-tech complex project. 

(VOV) - The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has taken first steps towards addressing the banking system’s non-performing loan (NPL) problem to support economic recovery efforts.

(VOV) -Germany is currently Vietnam’s largest trade partner in the EU with two-way trade turnover reaching US$9.065 billion in 2012.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s tuna exports to ASEAN countries hit US$20.798 million in the first seven months of this year, up 1.3% compared to the same period last year.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s Ha Giang province and China’s Yunnan province held a meeting on October 2 to review the one-year implementation of their cooperative program in the 2012-2015 period.

Low Sin Leng, Co-chairperson of the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) Limited Company, was awarded the Friendship Medal at a ceremony in Binh Duong province on October 2. 

The latest lighting equipment and components are on display at the LED/OLED Lighting World Expo which opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre on October 2.

(VOV) - Women should be encouraged to get involved in economic development as a way to promote gender equality and social progress. 

(VOV) - The Ho Chi Minh City book distribution joint stock company, Fahasa, has been selected as one of the top 500 Asia-Pacific retailers in 2013 by the Singapore-based Retail Asia magazine.

(VOV) - The Supply Chain Congress 2013 opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 2, bringing together more than 600 experts and executives from Vietnam and across the globe. 

Vietnam fetched US$743 million from exporting 112,000 tonnes of pepper in the first nine months of 2013, representing year-on-year increases of over 20% in volume and 16.5% in value. 

(VOV) - The Asian Development Bank has maintained its 5.2% GDP growth forecast for Vietnam in 2013 and said gradual progress in settling non-performing loans will prompt its economy to grow by 5.5% in 2014.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has insisted on practical measures to boost GDP growth in the last three months of this year, with priority given to industrial production, export value, and market stabilization.

(VOV) - More than 200 local and foreign businesses have their products showcased at 450 stalls at the international exhibition Vietbuild 2013 which opened in Can Tho city on October 2.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced its plan to increase domestic flights during the Lunar New Year Festival, the biggest holiday of the year. 

Vietnam attracted more than US$15 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of this year, a surge of 36.1 percent year-on-year, according to the latest report by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

(VOV) - The Vietnam National Chemical Corporation (Vinachem) is set to break ground on a US$450 million rock salt exploitation and processing project in the central Lao province of Khammouan.

(VOV) -The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has reported Vietnam’s September Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose above the 50.0 neutral reading to 51.5.

(VOV) -By the end of August, two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and Singapore hit more than SGD11 billion, a-year-on-year increase of 3.5%.

(VOV) - Over the past three years, Vietnam’s tra fish has become a favourite dish at Indian restaurants.

WHO and UNICEF have warned that Vietnamese children’s health could be at risk because of inappropriate labelling and marketing of breast milk substitutes on sale.

(VOV) - A forum on Vietnam-Italy economic cooperation took place in Milan, Italy on September 30.

(VOV) - Despite the impact of global economic downturn, Vietnam achieved its high growth of 5.8% in 2011 and 5.03% in 2012.

The Government will consider increasing the foreign ownership cap for non-State-owned enterprises, said Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Vu Duc Dam.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has coordinated with the British Embassy in Hanoi to hold a forum between the two countries’ business circles to seek business and investment cooperation. 

A study by Grant Thornton has placed Vietnam 27th among 60 countries in terms of "dynamism".

Vietnam imported 3,000 cars worth US$55 million in September, up 33% in volume and 18% in value over August, according to the General Department of Customs.

The RoK Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) has approved a US$15 million loan for the second phase of the Thien Tan water supply project in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The Australian Government has provided VND545 million (US$25,817) for three small-scale projects in the central provinces of Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan and Khanh Hoa.

(VOV) - Vietnam should restructure its industrial sector, with priority given to key industries, Republic of Korean experts suggested at a workshop in Hanoi on September 30.