The Asian Institute of Technology in Vietnam (AIT-VN) held a workshop introducing “business sustainability index” in Hanoi on September 25.

Laos’ Prime Minister Thongsinh Thammavong on September 25 received Vuong Dinh Hue, Head of the Economic Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, during which a stronger bilateral economic relationship was pledged. 

(VOV) - The Mekong Delta provinces have exported more than 120,000 tonnes of rice, bringing total rice export volume in the first nine months of the year to 4 million tonnes valued at US$1.84 billion, according to the Steering Committee for Southwestern Region.

(VOV) - Vietnamese businesses have been urged to learn more about the US Food Safety Modernisation Act (FSMA) to fully capitalise on opportunities to export food and beverage products to the US market. 

(VOV) - Business firms in Queensland and Vietnam should fully tap potential and advantages, especially in mineral exploration, infrastructure, agro-forestry-fishery industry and tourism, said Vietnam Ambassador to Australia Luong Thanh Nghi. 

(VOV) - Online shopping day 2014 is set for Friday, December 5.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai has affirmed his city’s willingness to create favorable conditions for Singaporean businesses to invest in potential areas- economy, trade, tourism, health care and education.

A retail network comprising over 1,000 supermarkets and shopping centres is to be built in Hanoi by 2020 to serve the needs of its citizens, Vice Director of Hanoi’s Department of Industry and Trade Tran Thi Phuong Lan has said.

(VOV) - The economic playing field in which Vietnam is a thrust will drastically change upon the realisation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and regional integration by 2015.

Mobile World Investment Corporation general director, Nguyen Duc Tai, skyrocketed onto the list of the top 10 richest people on Vietnam's stockmarket after the company's market capitalisation rose to almost VND11 trillion (US$521.3 million) and its shares hit VND175,000 (US$8.30) a share.

Vietnam is rapidly becoming an integral part of the regional and global economic landscape, and Dutch firms should seize the opportunities the emerging market has to offer, suggested Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

The Vietnam CEO Forum 2014 ‘New Game – What Moves’ reinvigorated business strategies and outlined the opportunities and risks of global integration, bringing together chief executive officers, economists and policy-makers to brainstorm ideas. 

Vietnam attracted US$11.18 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of this year, or 74.5% of FDI in the same period last year.

(VOV) - Vietnam has not only tackled a deficit but generated a trade surplus with Chile since a free trade agreement between the two countries came into effect on January 1, 2014.

Vietnam fully supports the establishment of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA), Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan has said.

(VOV) -The Association of Vietnam Investors in Laos (AVIL) will strive to raise Vietnamese investment in Laos to US$5.8 billion and two-way trade to US$1.7 billion in 2015.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) for September rose by 0.4% compared to the previous month and by 4.61% over September 2013, attributable to increased education costs at the beginning of the new academic year.

(VOV) -National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on September 23 the purchase of an Airbus A321-200 aircraft financed by South East Asia Bank (SeABank).

(VOV) -As many as 200 garment and textile companies are attending the Vietnam Fashion Fair 2014 (VIFF 2014) taking place at the Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre from September 24-29.

(VOV) - Nearly 200 Vietnamese and Lao delegates attended an economic workshop in Vientiane on September 24, discussing the changing economic landscape in the region and world with a vision to 2030.

(VOV) - A workshop was held in HCM City on September 24 to update businesses on new legal regulations of the US and make recommendations to help them successfully penetrate this lucrative market.

Representatives from the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and their partners from Germany have met at a workshop to seek opportunities for cooperation between the two sides.

(VOV) - The potential payoff from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) that could be concluded and ratified as early as 2014 is an estimated 10-15% boost in GDP along with a concurrent expansion of Vietnamese exports by 30-40%. 

(VOV) - A 12 member-council to oversee the start-up of the Korea-Vietnam Incubator Park (KVIP) and the installation of its cutting edge state-of-the-art machinery and equipment was ceremoniously established on September 23.

(VOV)- More than 30 Vietnamese businesses and their 100 French counterparts examined ways to spur broader cooperation in the areas of Vietnam’s demand and France’s strength at a recent “Meet Vietnam” Forum in Paris.

Moody's has placed six Vietnamese banks on positive outlook, the credit rating agency announced on its website on September 22.

Retailers from Thailand, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are rushing to enter the Vietnamese market, putting pressure on domestic manufacturers, according to an article published on the English language news portal VietNamNet Bridge.

Trung Nguyen coffee, a well-known brand in Vietnam’s instant coffee market, has represented the country’s agricultural products at the China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) in Nanning city of China, with the aim of promoting Vietnamese exports to the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area.

(VOV) - General Director of Cisco Vietnam, Phan Thanh Son on September 23 at a seminar in Hanoi said the Internet of Everything – connected products ranging from autos to household goods – could be a US$19,000 billion opportunity.

(VOV) - The Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) held a Japan-Vietnam support industry forum in HCM City on September 23.