(VOV) - Japan remains the largest foreign investor of southern Binh Duong province with more than 220 projects and foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursements of nearly US$5 billion.

(VOV) -The country’s exports to the US in the month of July jumped 6.4% on-month to US$2.65 billion,while climbing a healthy 23% over last July’s exports, reports the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

(VOV) - Vietnam together with other ASEAN countries gives top priorities to developing the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

(VOV) - Vietnam has made remarkable efforts as a WTO member, with the nation’s leadership showing courage and determination, serving as an inspiration for us all, said former WTO Director General Pascal Lamy.

The domestic leather and footwear industry is seeing positive signs in the market.

(VOV) -The news that German Metro AG is selling its wholesale operations and real estate portfolio in Vietnam to Beri Jucker (BJC) owned by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi for US$879 million has  met with mixed reviews.

(VOV) -Australia has provided AUD3.1 million to help Vietnam implement a project to restructure its economy in a bid to raise its competitiveness.

(VOV) -Bac Ninh led the nation’s 45 provinces and cities in attracting foreign investment for the first seven months of 2014, reports the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(VOV) - If the beef industry does not undergo a remarkable transformation, it will not be sufficiently competitive with imported beef in the future to survive, according to Nguyen Dang Vang, President of the Vietnam Husbandry Association. 

(VOV) -Vissai Ninh Binh Group has won a contract to export 1.5 million tonnes of clinker to Ciment de Bourbon, France, for use in the construction of an expressway on Reunion Island.

The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has forecast that the country’s rice exports are likely to reach 6.3 million tonnes this year.

(VOV) -Vietnam has taken the lead in the Southeast Asian region as the most attractive destination for merger and acquisition (M&A) deals with Japan, said a recent M&A forum in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Transport has enacted a revised zoning plan increasing the number of ports at the Dung Quat deep water seaport No2 in Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ) in central Quang Ngai province to 27 by 2030.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Finance (MoF) will abolish unnecessary tax and customs procedures in an effort to facilitate business operations, said MoF Minister Dinh Tien Dung.

The demand for rented office space in Hanoi increased sharply in the second quarter of this year, pointing to a gradual recovery of the domestic economy, said property experts.

Four members of a cooperative group in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have become the first Tra fish farmers in Vietnam to receive the GLOBALGAP certificate. 

(VOV) - A delegation of leading representatives from the Australian seafood industry has toured the Mekong Delta region from August 3-10 to learn more about aquaculture cooperation and investment opportunities in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Similar to Black Friday in the United States, “Online Shopping Day” (December 5) is anticipated to be a day businesses come out with “Doorbuster Sales” and special discounts to attract customers to make purchases. 

(VOV) - Russia’s Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) has lifted a temporary ban on seafood imports from seven Vietnamese businesses into the Russian market, according to the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD).

(VOV) - India, the world’s second largest producer of input materials for the garment industry, is seeking expanded opportunities for cooperation with Vietnam, a trade exchange heard in HCM City on August 8.

The US, as a comprehensive partner of Vietnam, is ready to work with Vietnam to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse told the media in Hanoi on August 8. 

(VOV) - The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Fifth Economic Corridor Forum opened in Hanoi on August 8 to review the region’s achievements during the past six years and cross-border transport and trade facilitation initiatives.

(VOV) -The first batch of tuna from Binh Dinh province processed utilizing modernised technology and the composite boats provided by Japanese Yanmar Company was put up for auction in Japan on August 8.

(VOV) - The Korea-Vietnam Incubator Park (KVIP) is currently 32% complete and is slated for operations in early June 2015, announced Director of Can Tho Department of Industry and Trade, Nguyen Minh Toai at a meeting on August 8. 

A total of VND6 trillion (US$282 million) in Government bonds was mobilised to the State Treasury through a tender organised by the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on August 7.

(VOV) - The Danish embassy on August 8 introduced two programmes on Vietnam-Denmark business cooperation and financial support for private businesses in Vietnam.  

(VOV) -Japanese instant noodle maker, Acecook, recently announced it is launching Vietnamese “Instant Pho”(rice noodle soup) in the Japanese domestic market.

(VOV) - German retail giant Metro Group has signed a deal to sell its Metro Cash& Carry Vietnam (MCC Vietnam) to Thai Group Berli Jucker (BJC) for US$879 million.

(VOV) -The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors on August 8 approved a loan of US$500 million to the Vietnamese Government to improve the capacity, efficiency and reliability of electricity transmission in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, the Mekong Delta, and the central region.

Petroleum enterprises were asked to cut the retail price of petrol for the second time in the past ten days after a drop in global petrol prices.