Business executives held a direct dialogue with national and international experts on how their companies can win consumers' trust and boost their credibility in the market at a forum held in Hanoi on September 17.

(VOV) - The 6th Electrical Power, Transmission & Distribution Technology Exhibition and Conference opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 17 with the participation of 182 businesses from 26 countries and territories.

(VOV) -Vietnam International Supporting Industries Expo 2014 (VSI Expo 2014) kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on September 17, attracting over 140 domestic and foreign companies.

Fruit farmers in the northwest will be able to improve access to markets in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and overseas under a research project promoted by the Australian Government.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will host the Vietbuild 2014 International Exhibition and the Vietnam international Agriculture Fair in the fourth quarter of this year.

(VOV) - Germany is considered Vietnam’s biggest trade partner in the Europe, accounting for 20% of the Southeast Asian nation’s total exports to the European Union, and a gateway to other EU markets.

(VOV) - National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged Vietnamese businesses in Laos to enhance cooperation with Lao partners and seek new opportunities to make their operation more efficient.

Vietnam had invested US$19 billion in 890 projects in 63 countries and territories worldwide by July this year.

(VOV) -Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) announced on September 16 the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Golden Gate Trade and Service JSC through an equity investment of US$35 million.

(VOV) - The Vietnam-Russia Business Forum accelerated Vietnam-Russia relations, opening up both challenges and opportunities, Vice President of Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nhikolaievich Kurochkin told the forum in Moscow on September 16.  

(VOV) - Seven seafood companies from the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau are participating in Australia’s largest food industry trade exposition ongoing at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from Sept. 15-18.

The 2nd Vietnam Semiconductor Strategy Summit which opens on September 17 brings together executives of the world's leading microelectronics companies, with delegates representing Vietnamese government, academia, research and industry.

The southern province of Binh Duong hopes to attract US$1.6-1.7 billion in foreign direct investment this year, People's Committee's Chairman Le Thanh Cung has said.

With recent M&A deals in Vietnam, Thailand has become a merging name, besides two long-term investors Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK), who are also speeding up investment in the country, Saigon Giai Phong daily reported.

Ho Chi Minh City has launched an online tax filing service for businesses in a bid to reduce bureaucratic delays and improve tax management. 

The People’s Committee of the central province of Binh Dinh held a seminar on September 15 to assess the province’s tuna fishing methods and tuna exports to Japan. 

(VOV) - Increasing income for small households in the mountainous north-western region by enhancing competitiveness and market approach for temperate zone fruits. 

(VOV) - A seminar was held in Hanoi on September 16 discussing cooperative opportunities between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) construction businesses. 

(VOV) - The US should increase Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Vietnam and step up other financial support in the form of preferential loans and humanitarian and development assistance. 

Vietnamese porcelain products, especially the high-end segment, have gradually regained the domestic market thanks to technological investment, after years of losing out to foreign products.

(VOV) - Thanks to favourable legal frameworks from free trade pacts, geographical advantages, and traditional ties Vietnamese companies have ample opportunity to expand exports in Northeast Asia and increase their market share.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 16 attended the 11th China-ASEAN Exposition (CAEXPO) and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS) opening ceremony in Nanning.

(VOV) - Impressive performance of the foreign-invested businesses in August helped Vietnam maintain a trade surplus of US$3.07 billion in the first eight months of the year, according to Vietnam Customs. 

(VOV) -Vietnamese businesses and their compatriots in Russia discussed the possibility of increasing Vietnamese exports to Russia, in an effort to boost trade ties between the two countries.

Vietnamese banks are likely to promote lending programmes that hopefully will help them to either unleash idle capital or boost the sluggish credit growth toward the end of the year.

(VOV) -Vietnam is one of the three leading foreign investors in Laos, having funnelled more than US$5 billion into over 400 projects, according to a workshop in Vientiane on September 15.

(VOV) - Officials from the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) Technical Committee gathered in Hanoi on September 15 to discuss issues related to agricultural and rural development.

Vissan, a well-known food producer in Vietnam, is seeking to boost the export of its products to Myanmar, a potential market in the Southeast Asian region, said the company’s leader.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh, Head of the National Steering Committee for International Integration will lead a Vietnamese delegation to visit the US from September 15-19 to discuss important matters on Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations with US partners. 

(VOV) - To make inroads into non-traditional export markets, where consumers give first preference to Vietnamese products, the country has undertaken an extensive global marketing strategy on a number of fronts that is showing early signs of success.