(VOV) - SJC gold prices in Vietnam rose to VND36.93 million per tael on the morning of July 1, concurrent with a sharp increase in both the US and Asian market price to US$1.330 per ounce. 

Standard & Poor's affirmed its ‘BB-' long-term and ‘B' short-term sovereign credit ratings on Vietnam late last week, with the outlook on the long-term rating being stable.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau Pham Van Cong attended a seminar on maintaining stable and sustainable growth of the Asia – Pacific region in China’s Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong on June 30.

Vietnam’s aquatic production and seafood catch picked up in the first half of 2014 despite complicated developments in the East Sea, the Directorate of Fisheries said at a conference on June 30. 

Hanoi will host the second Vietnamese Goods Fair from August 22-26 with a view to bringing locally-made products with high quality and reasonable prices to consumers. 

(VOV) -Breakthrough measures are needed to boost the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs), especially those proven ineffectual, said participants at a June 30 seminar in HCM City.

(VOV) - Global Finance Magazine has presented its prestigious the Best Emerging Market Bank 2014 Award to Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank).  

(VOV) - An economic development forum for the central region will be held on August 8 to fully tap its potential and remove obstacles to tourism, industry, infrastructure construction and human resources development.

(VOV) -A Vietnamese delegation, led by Le Hoang Quan, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City is on a working visit to Belgium from June 28-July 3, aiming to attract increased investment and boost cooperation.

(VOV) - Five Vietnamese companies have been listed among Asia Pacific’s top 500 retailers in 2014, according to the Retail Asia Publishing Pte and the Euromonitor (Asia) Pte Ltd.

(VOV) - The Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in Quang Ngai has attracted seven foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) since it officially opened in September 2013.

(VOV) -Syrena Vietnam, a subsidiary of the private multi-sector BIM Group, will build a luxury resort and residential complex in the south central coastal province of Ninh Thuan, to meet rising tourism demands.

(VOV) - Vietnamese businesses are now facing an increasing number of risks in transactions with foreign partners. However, they do not know how to protect themselves from potentially devastating effects.

Germany’s pharmaceutical company B. Braun Melsungen AG is planning to invest an additional US$270 million in Vietnam in order to satisfy increasing healthcare demand across the globe.

Despite macroeconomic challenges, spending in Vietnam for IT services increased by 9.9% to US$446 million in 2013, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).

To develop its support industries, HCM City needs to identify the main sectors and focus on training, technology, and incentives for their development, experts told a seminar on attracting investment in the sectors last week.

(VOV) - Ocean Hospitality-OCH has been listed in the top 50 most effective businesses in Vietnam, according to the results of an annual survey by Nhip Cau Dau Tu magazine in coordination with Thien Viet Securities Company. 

(VOV) - International experts shared experience with Vietnamese partners in institutional reform at an international conference in Hanoi on June 29.

(VOV) - The historical trade relationship between Vietnam and China has always been one-sided, with Vietnam incurring consistent deficits, according to a leading official at the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang presided over a meeting held in Gia Lai province on June 28, reviewing the implementation of socio-economic development goals set for the Central Highlands in the first half of 2014 and outlining key tasks for the remainder of the year.

(VOV) - Over 450 representatives of the local business community attended a June 28 conference in Quang Ninh discussing coordinated marketing efforts aimed at increasing the investment attractiveness of the province.

(VOV) - Agro-forestry-fishery exports jumped up 12.7% to US$14.88 billion in the first six months of the year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported on June 27.

(VOV) - Sapa Group on June 26 signed a deal to expand its operations in Vietnam, pumping an additional US$8 million into its Sapa TBG joint venture with Ben Thanh Group (BTG).

(VOV) - Vietnam fetched US$2.12 billion from exporting 1.04 million tonnes of coffee in the first half of the year, up 31.7% in volume and 24.7% in value over last year’s same period.

(VOV) -Tamada Vietnam, an affiliate of Japan’s Tamada Industries Inc. commenced construction on a metal tank manufacturing plant in Dinh Vu Industrial Zone (DVIZ) in the northern province of Haiphong on June 27.

Ho Chi Minh City needs to zone specific areas for support and high-tech industries in its industrial parks in order to drive the development of these fields, a business insider has said.

(VOV) - Vietnam backs stronger cooperation efforts in the mining industry with regard to trade exchange and investment cooperation, to realise the Bogor goals and the goals of APEC member states.

(VOV) - The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Galati city, East Romania, and the Vietnamese embassy in Romania jointly held a June 24 seminar on investment and business opportunities in Vietnam.

(VOV) -Financial experts of Vietnam and Laos met in capital Vientiane of Laos on June 27 to examine ways to strengthen State budget management.

(VOV) -The first phase of a 220km high-speed railway project, connecting Laos’ Savannakhet province with Lao Bao Border Gate on the Laos-Vietnam border will get off the ground in December.