(VOV) -The prestigious financial magazine, The Banker, has listed eleven Vietnam banks in its recently published Top World Banks ranking for 2014, affirming the country as a leading financial centre in Southeast Asia.

The forthcoming International Feed, Livestock and Meat Processing Show (Vietstock 2014) will honour outstanding businesses for actively taking part in the development of husbandry industry, particularly the livestock value chain in Vietnam. 

(VOV) - In late July, 5% broken rice was selling at a record high of US$460-470 per tonne while 25% broken rice hit US$405-410 per tonne.

(VOV) -Two-way trade between Vietnam and Brazil jumped 18% on-year for the first six months of 2014 tallying in at US$1.275 billion, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.

Vietnam has become the second largest importer of Australian cattle, behind Indonesia, according to BeefCentral.com, a free news website and market intelligence service dedicated to the Australian beef industry.

Vietnam is a potential market for internet banking services, as only 22% of its population possesses bank accounts.

A mega support industry event with three exhibitions is slated to be held in Ho Chi Minh City in October, promising to offer opportunities for local producers to update technologies as well as their management capacities.

(VOV) - Over the past seven months, the nation’s seafood export turnover has skyrocketed 24.5% to US$4.2 billion on-year with the US, EU, Japan, Republic of Korea and China remaining the leading import markets.

(VOV) - A modernized fishing boat made of composite materials was inaugurated at a shipyard in the coastal city of Nha Trang on August 2 in central Khanh Hoa province.

(VOV) -The Prime Minister has asked the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court to deal with a proposal from State-run shipping corporation Vinalines in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

(VOV) -In the staunchly competitive coffee industry, leading economists forecast Vietnam is set to become the world’s largest coffee exporter, providing the Southeast Asian nation can surmount its shortcomings.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved four action plans to implement Vietnam’s industrialization strategy within the Vietnam-Japan cooperation framework by 2020 with a vision for 2030. 

(VOV) - Russia is an attractive Vietnamese export market thanks to incentive policies on tariffs and strong consumer demand.

(VOV) - A delegation from Japan’s Akita prefecture led by its Vice Mayor Iwasawa Michitaka arrived in Binh Duong southern province on August 1.

(VOV) - Can Tho will take the leadership role in coordinating a drive by Mekong Delta provinces to forge new overseas export markets, laying a productive foundation for future thriving economic expansion.

(VOV) -A seminar was held in southern Dong Nai province on August 1 to shed light on specific aspects of the Vietnam-Chile free trade agreement (FTA) and discuss opportunities to boost exports in the Chilean market.

(VOV) -Nghi Son in north-central Thanh Hoa province is one of the country’s key coastal economic zones, giving a strong impetus to the nation’s transition to a more modern industrialized society.

The Hanoi People’s Committee and the municipal Labour Federation on July 31 honoured 150 local enterprises for their remarkable business and production achievements as well as their active contributions to social work. 

(VOV) -Many Japanese food businesses consider Ho Chi Minh City a lucrative city to invest in, according to Osato Kazuhiko, director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).

(VOV) - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) plans to send a delegation to Vietnam from August 5-15 to appraise the Tien Sa seaport expansion project (phase II) in Danang city.

(VOV) -Despite the two petrol price hikes, the consumer price index (CPI) for July rose 0.23% over June, and the CPI for August is forecast to edge up 0.2% compared to July.

(VOV) -Power Logics Vina Co. Ltd, a wholly Korean invested company, held a ceremony recently to inaugurate its factory in the northern province of Vinh Phuc.

The central province of Phu Yen has revoked licenses of two foreign direct investment (FDI) tourism projects worth US$50 million for delays in implementation.

Overseas remittances to HCM City in the first seven months reached US$2.42 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 5.2%.

(VOV) -Vietnam should further improve its business environment, including simplifying administrative procedures and cutting business costs, or it lags behind other countries, local and foreign experts suggested.

(VOV) -Vietnam imported 6,000 automobiles worth US$117 million in June 2014, reaching record highs for the past three years, according to the General Office of Statistics (GSO).

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has authorized the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee to carry out the Quang Ninh air terminal project – one of the country’s four air terminal projects calling for investment.

(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the green light to an action plan on increasing the efficiency of official development assistance (ODA) in the 2014-2015 period.

(VOV) - The Middle Eastern nation of Israel, though small in size, is a highly lucrative market for Vietnamese agricultural exports with tremendous potential for growth. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s total import-export turnover through border gates with Cambodia were estimated at US$650 million in the first seven months of the year, according to the southern Tay Ninh province’s Department of Industry and Trade.