(VOV) - The Republic of Korea has agreed to transfer more than 100 technologies to Vietnam in 2015, according to a report by the Heavy Industry Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). 

(VOV) - Viettel has officially launched a branch named Bitel providing telecom services in the South American country of Peru, the company announced on October 15.

The Vietnam-Japan Business Association (VJBA) organised a forum to support Vietnamese and Japanese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hanoi on October 14.

The Prime Minister approved a master plan for socio-economic development in the central key economic region by 2020 with a view to becoming a dynamic region with rapid, sustainable growth, thus creating momentum for development in the northern and coastal central regions.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s equitization of state-owned enterprises (SoEs), principally corporations and major banks will offer a host of investment and business opportunities for the economic private sector, foreign investors who may become Vietnam’s strategic partners.

More and more Japanese restaurants have opened in Vietnam, particularly in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam needs to devise a long-term trade promotion strategy to make inroads into the Canadian market, the potential of which has not yet been fully captured, Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Hoang Van Dung said in a workshop in Hanoi on October 14. 

A scientific seminar was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 14 to discuss opportunities for developing sustainable agribusiness in Vietnam. 

Cooperation between the public sector and businesses on customs procedure reform was discussed at a seminar co-organised by the Vietnam Chamber for Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the United States’ Agency for International Development (USAID) in Hanoi on October 14. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese traditional handicrafts were the feature attraction at the Fourth Handicraft Trade Fair of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) staged in Puerto Iguazu from October 8-13. 

A delegation from the Board of Governors at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) led by its Executive Director Maliami bin Hamad paid a working visit to Vietnam from October 10-13. 

(VOV) - Vietnam exports to France more than doubled in the last four years, elevating it the third largest trade partner importing the Made-in-Vietnam brand of the European Union (EU).

(VOV) - The 32nd meeting of the Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic, Commercial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation took place in Havana on October 13.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced on October 13 the government intends to move forward fast to strike the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (VEFTA), a strategic part of the nation’s overall agenda for growth and jobs.

(VOV) - Modern retail will boom and be a driving force for the development of the country’s retail sector, experts said at a seminar in Hanoi on October 13.

The upcoming official Germany visit of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, spanning October 14-15, is promising to create new deals between the two countries, especially in trade and investment, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh.

(VOV) -The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) will receive the world’s most advanced aircraft Airbus 350 XWB worth US$340 million in June 2015.

(VOV) -A ceremony will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 17 to present awards to top 50 companies listed in the Vietnam stock exchange, announced Forbes Vietnam magazine at an October 13 press briefing.

The capital city of Hanoi will have 13 more industrial parks (IPs) spread over 6,000 hectares by 2020, a 300 percent increase in comparison with the current number of parks.

(VOV) - Over the next ten years, the business community has ambitious goals, aiming to create an additional one million businesses, creating better jobs and improving the livelihoods of the nation’s people.

(VOV) -A group of business leaders spurred on by Vu Tien Loc, President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has called for a boycott of low quality Chinese products as a way of protesting China’s bullying behaviour in the East Sea dispute.

The domestic plastic industry has achieved a high growth in exports but continues to face difficulties arising from a lack of input materials, said the Vietnam Plastic Association (VPA). 

Vietnam will join the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) in granting certificates for seafood exports to the European Union (EU), the government portal chinhphu.vn reported on October 11.

Vietnam raked in US$109.63 billion from exports in the first nine months of the year, moving closer to its 2014 goal of US$148 billion.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s diplomatic missions are encouraging overseas Vietnamese in 109 countries and territories to use Vietnamese goods, said Le Ba Trinh, deputy head of the Government’s “Vietnamese prioritize using Vietnamese goods” campaign steering committee.

(VOV) - Vietnam exported to Brazil 44,000 tonnes of tra (catfish) in the first eight months of this year, surpassing China (33,000 tonnes) to top the list of frozen fish fillet exports to the country, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). 

Locally-made products have won consumers’ favour since a campaign titled “Vietnamese prioritise Vietnamese goods” was launched five years ago, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has said. 

(VOV) - The good news the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the import of Vietnamese litchi and longan into the US market effective on October 6 has been reverberating throughout the agriculture industry.

(VOV) - Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee President Nguyen Thien Nhan was the guest of honour at opening day of the Vietnam High-Quality Goods Fair 2014, which opened in Hanoi on October 11.

(VOV) -Vietnam imports of fruit and vegetables in the eight months leading up to September increased astronomically by 166.82% over last year’s corresponding period to US$125.1 million.