The European Union is committed to providing 400 million EUR for Vietnam over the next six years, according to the 2015 White Book on Trade, Investment Issues and Recommendations that was released in Hanoi on December 1.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged for tighter control of price and market as well as combating contraband and low-quality goods as the New Year is approaching.

(VOV) - Vietnam Expo 2014, Inter Cycle Vietnam and Turkish Products Expo will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from December 3 – 6.

(VOV) -Three additional projects are expected to receive investment license to operate in Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ) in central Quang Ngai province at the end of this year, with a total capitalization of more than VND4,000 billion.

(VOV) -ANZ on December 1 signed a new MoneyMinded partnership programme with three partners in Vietnam - Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, FPT University and Institute of Economic and International Trade (Foreign Trade University).

(VOV) -Vietnam imports of fertilizer from China in the first eleven months of the year dipped 24.4% in value and 15.2% in volume,compared to last year’s corresponding period tallying in at US$1.18 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

(VOV) - The Wallonie Foreign Trade and Investment Agency (AWEX) is marking its 20th anniversary of operations in Vietnam, a country it considers one of the most dynamic economies in Asia.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s rice exports in the eleven months leading up to December decreased 2.7% in volume but were up 1.9% in value compared to last year’s corresponding period,according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Fifty Vietnamese enterprises are taking part in the 19th international exhibition on fine art and craft products (AF-L’ARTIGIANO), which kicked off in Milan, Italy on November 29.

Increasing the localisation ratio of leather and footwear products is a priority requirement for the industry in international integration as materials account for 68-75% of footwear production costs, the Vietnam Business Forum Magazine (VBF) said.

Vietnamese consumers spending on electronic products and appliances reached US$1.3 billion, a 20.9% increase, in the third quarter of 2014. 

(VOV) -Banks predict that remittances from overseas Vietnamese will reach US$12 - 13 billion this year.

(VOV) - Mexican multinational group Home Depot wants to import 18 types of products from Vietnam, including construction materials, home appliances, wooden furniture, electrical tools, umbrellas, and so on.

(VOV) - In the first 10 months of this year, Vietnam’s imports from Hungary rocketed 42.2% to US$96.5 million while exports to the market dropped 12.2% to nearly US$45.5 million compared to the same period last year.

(VOV) - The Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has announced it will hold an ASEAN consumer protection conference on December 8-9 in Hanoi to address issues sparked by the escalating number of e-commerce transactions.

(VOV) - A seminar was staged in HCM City on November 28 to provide Vietnam’s business community with necessary information on opportunities to make inroads into the European market through the Wallonie region of Belgium. 

The Prime Minister has issued a national action plan on fighting money laundering and terrorism financing for the period 2015-2020.

(VOV) -A large number of Vietnamese policy makers, businesspeople and the World Economic Forum (WEF) experts gathered at the workshop “The role of businesses on enhancing national competitiveness in international integration” held in Hanoi on November 28.

(VOV) - Seminars on investment cooperation to develop the support industries in Vietnam and introduction of the Hanoi South Supporting Industrial Park and Vietnam’s incentive policies have been held in Fukuoka, Osaka and Kyoto, Japan from November 25 – 28.

Vietnam's total retail sales of goods and services in November increased by 3% month-on-month and 12.2% year-on-year to US$12.62 billion.

Vietnam's index of industrial production (IIP) from January to November 2014 increased by 7.5% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). 

(VOV) - Although Vietnam investors face a bumpy ride, Thai and many foreign investors remain sanguine about the economic prospects for growth and are continuing to develop long-range goals and pump billions of US dollars into the nation’s buildings, roads and other infrastructure.

(VOV) - The packaging of exports may be more important than the products themselves, said Ms Siv Ahlberg, director of the Finnpartnership programme at a recent conference in Hanoi discussing an action plan to raise trade between Vietnam and Finland to US$1 billion over the next few years.

(VOV) -Seafood exports in the eleven months leading up to December swelled 19.3% in value on-year to US$7.22 billion according to the most recent statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Italy’s financial news website Firstonline recently posted a story by analyst Ciro Caliandro giving his valuations on Vietnam’s economy as well as opportunities that Italian businesses can gain from their investments in the country.

(VOV) - The Vietnam government on November 27 gave its full backing to a proposed the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) technical assistance package, which in essence establishes the nation’s first international agricultural research centre.

(VOV) - More than 30 Japanese and hundreds of Vietnamese small and medium sized enterprises gathered on November 27 in Ho Chi Minh City for a business matching event sponsored by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).

More than 700 businesses have so far registered to join the online shopping day which is scheduled for December 5 in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1993, South Africa has remained a potential trade and tourism partner of Vietnam, said Truong Thi Kim Anh, Vice Director of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) branch in Danang.

Consultancy firms from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) gathered at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on November 26 to share experience in renovating business operation.