(VOV) - Lotte Mart, one of the leading Korean food and shopping services retailers, is seeking high-quality Vietnamese products for export to its supermarkets in the Republic of Korea.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group-International (VNPT-I) on July 7 inaugurated its representative office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The export value of seafood in the first half of this year grew strongly due to a sharp increase in shrimps and prawns.

There is no need to worry about credit growth in foreign currencies in the first half of this year as the ratio of dollar loans versus mobilisation is within its safe threshold.

Vietnam spent nearly US$500 million in the first half of 2014 to import 25,000 completely built units (CBU) cars, an increase of 44.4% in volume and 53.9% in value year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The rising demand of foreign direct investment enterprises for raw materials has given local companies the chance to become suppliers, but they must be more active in the race.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still not prepared for the Vietnam – EU Free Trade Agreement that is expected to be signed this October, officials warned.

Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc on July 7 suggested cooperation with Japan’s Kagoshima city in services, tourism and farm produce trading at a reception for Kagoshima Mayor Hiroyuki Mori.

(VOV) - Coffee, the key export of the Central Highland province of Dak Lak, is capturing an ever increasing share of the global market as it is now exported to more than 60 countries and territories.

(VOV) - The trade sector has worked out a number of solutions aiming to boost exports and produce a trade surplus of US$500 million by the end of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reports.

(VOV) -Despite macroeconomic challenges, Vietnam invested US$446 million in its information technology (IT) industry in 2013, up 9.9% from a year earlier, according to the latest report by the International Data Corporation (IDC).

(VOV) - Businesses have signed contracts for the export of 4.7 million tonnes of rice, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). 

(VOV) - Luxury villas at the world-class Montogomerie golf course have been listed for sale by the Central Green Land Joint Stock Company in Danang city at prices starting from VND10 billion each. 

(VOV) - Two-way trade between Vietnam and Singapore surged 22.4% to more than US$6.5 billion in the four months leading up to May, according to the Singapore Department of Statistics (DOS).

(VOV) -The garment and textile sector’s raw material imports jumped 20.6% in the first six months of the year toUS$7.7 billion, the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas) reports.

(VOV) - The country’s imports of corn in the first six months of the year exploded to 2.33 million tonnes valued at roughly US$600 million, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported.

(VOV) - A leading Vietnamese trade expert suggests that Vietnam seek alternate trade partners to reduce overdependence on China, and revise cross-border trade policy with its neighbour to optimise domestic value added exports.

The Ministry of Finance is considering scrapping the rubber export tax with the aim of removing difficulties for companies amid falling latex prices and declining exports.

(VOV) -The Nhon Hoi Economic Zone (EZ) in Binh Dinh province on July 4 licensed two German and Swiss companies to jointly build a US$109 million wind power plant project.

(VOV) -Renovations got underway on July 5 at the Thac Mo hydropower plant in Binh Phuoc province to lift its capacity from 150 MW to 225 MW.

(VOV) - Vietnamese and French businesses examined the possibility of establishing partnerships in a number of areas at a recent meeting in the Val de Marne region.

(VOV) - Foreign investors from around the globe are filled to the brim with optimism over Vietnam’s economic prospects and investment opportunities in the Southeast Asian nation, according to a recent survey.

(VOV) - For the seventh consecutive year, Vietcombank has been selected the Best Trade Bank in Vietnam in the prestigious Trade Finance Magazine Asia-Pacific Awards 2014 for excellence.

(VOV) - The Can Tho municipal People’s Committee on July 4 outlined long-term goals for heightened cooperation with foreign nations at a working session with Vietnam’s overseas representative offices.

(VOV) - The financial sector should strictly control fiscal policies aiming to achieve a 5.8% economic growth target this year, and remove difficulties in production and business activities. 

(VOV) -Participants at a July 4 conference in central Nha Trang city stressed the need for the State to allocate VND5,770 billion for developing a value chain for tuna fish.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presided over a conference in Hanoi on July 3 to review the development of a socialist-oriented market economy. 

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City’s economy has rebounded and grown steadily with high growth rates in gross domestic product (GDP), budget collection and foreign investment attraction in the first half of this year.

(VOV) -The Vietsin Commercial Complex Development JSC (VCCD) on July 3 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the development of SC VivoCity project with the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam JSC (BIDV) and 13 other domestic and foreign counterparts in Ho Chi Minh City.

Foreign investment in the textile and garment sector is increasing rapidly as international firms seek to take advantage of the benefits Vietnam's will potentially derive when the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement comes into being.