(VOV) - By the end of September 2014, Vietnam’s exports saw a 14.2% increase to US$109.63 billion in revenue, including US$36.63 billion from the domestic sector and US$73 billion from the FDI sector (including crude oil).

State budget collection for 2014 is likely to exceed estimates by 9%, Deputy Minister of Finance Vu Thi Mai said at a regular meeting in Hanoi on October 9.

(VOV) - Familiar food and drink maker Nestle just announced it is pumping more than US$37 million into expanding its MILO factory at the AMATA Industrial Park in Binh An, Vietnam.

(VOV) - Vietnamese agriculture, forestry and seafood products have barely scratched the surface of the Singaporean market said Le An Hai, Deputy Head of the Asia-Pacific Market Department, at a trade exchange in Singapore on October 9.

(VOV) - Over 35 Vietnamese businesses are casting the spotlight on Made-in-Vietnam brand agricultural, forestry, seafood, art and handicraft goods at the 16th annual Russian Agricultural Fair “Golden Autumn 2014”, which kicked off in Moscow on October 8.

(VOV) -Ricoh Vietnam Company Limited on October 9 announced the selection of Ha Phan Joint Stock Company as a major distributor for their printing products in the Vietnam market.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed thanks to Ho Chi Minh City authorities for their support to active Japanese investors, adding that the southern city is an economic frontrunner of Vietnam. 

(VOV) - Vietnam has seen a trade surplus of over US$1.32 billion with Australia in the first eight months of the year, the Vietnamese Trade Office in Australia reports.

(VOV) - A seminar in Hanoi on October 9 aimed to strengthen the performance of the EU-Vietnam Programme for Environmental and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development for the Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA) in furtherance of more sustainable tourism. 

(VOV) - A conference in HCM City on October 9 discussed future cooperation and technology transfer possibilities between the Republic of Korea and HCM City in the microchip and semiconductor sector. 

Vietnam and Russia should diversify and expand bilateral cooperation into new areas, with a focus on high-tech projects, Chief Representative of the Russian Trade Office in Vietnam Golikov Maxim suggested at a business forum in Ho Chi Minh City on October 8.

Creating effective seafood production chains was the main topic of a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 8. 

Belgian-owned Puratos Grand-Place Vietnam, which specialises in cakes, pastries, chocolate, and cocoa, yesterday opened an innovation and distribution centre in Binh Duong Province at a cost of US$2.5 million.

Vietnamese enterprises are preparing for further integration as the country is close to signing many free-trade agreements (FTAs), which will bring not only opportunities but also challenges.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has been tasked with assessing whether to lift the ban on beef imports from France once the products meet Vietnamese requirements.

(VOV) -Japanese investors consider Vietnam as their prioritised investment destination which has favourable conditions and prominent attraction at present and in the future.

(VOV) -Japan’s Kato Hitoshi General Office and Japanese seafood experts have pledged their continuous assistance to help fishermen in Binh Dinh province export tuna fish to Japan.

(VOV) -A wide range of Vietnamese agricultural exports are being showcased at the Vietnam Farm Expo 2014, which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 8.

(VOV) - President of the Upper House of the National Diet of Japan, Masaaki Yamazaki on October 7 said Japanese companies are confident and optimistic about the long-term prospects for investing in Vietnam and HCM City.

India is the largest market for Vietnam’s pepper in South Asia, accounting for about 59 percent of the total value of Vietnam’s pepper exports to the region, according to the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).

Ho Chi Minh City’s Development Joint Stock Bank (HDBank) and Japan’s Hyakugo Bank have launched the Japan Desk service targeting Japanese firms operating in Vietnam as an effort to welcome the wave of investment from the Northeast Asian nation.

(VOV) -The 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM-10) and related meetings are believed to help stimulate investment interests from Europe to Asia, especially from Europe to Vietnam.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has predicted that Vietnam's rice exports would increase by six per cent year-on-year to 6.9 million tonnes in 2014.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will submit its equitisation plan for Mobifone to the Government by end-2014 and if approved, it will implement this plan in 2015.

(VOV) - Lord Mayor of London Alderman Fiona Woolf on October 7 said at a dialogue in Hanoi that the UK plans to assist Vietnam in developing infrastructure by implementing the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. 

(VOV) - Residential real estate sales are pushing Ho Chi Minh City into seller’s market territory with an increase in the number of properties changing hands in the last year ballooning by 85%, according to property company Savills Vietnam.

(VOV) - Trade between Vietnam and Austria has been rapidly expanding over recent years, largely as a result of improved market analysis and research efforts targeting specific market segments, helping raise competitiveness and profitability.

(VOV) -The European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) has issued a warning to Vietnam fruit and vegetable growers, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s European Market Department announced on Oct. 6.

(VOV) - Russia has blocked an unprecedented 25 tonnes of imported Vietnamese frozen basa fish, announced the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control (Rosselkhoznadzor) on October 6.

The Ministry of Transport has allowed the Vietnam Airlines Tourism Company to resume the first-ever sleep pod service at Noi Bai International Airport from on October 7.