(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City will keep a close watch on smuggled goods in the run-up period to the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, according to the Director of Ho Chi Minh City’s market management department.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s exports to Mexico jumped 13% on-year tallying in at US$1.68 billion and the second largest Latin American country became the leading importer of Vietnamese rice, reports the Mexican Ministry of Economy (SE).

(VOV) -The European news agency, Euro Presse Image (www.epi-agency.com) has published an article on Vietnam’s overall economic picture which underscored that in 2014, the national economy continued to grow as a result of efforts from the Government’s effective economic management measures.

(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi, and leaders of a number of ministries and central agencies inspected the progress of 3 key national projects in Hanoi.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has set a target of US$165 billion in export turnover in 2015 by expanding the market and ironing out snags in businesses to ensure sustainable export growth.

(VOV) -Carrier Vietjet Air on December 31 received one more aircraft, adding to its current fleet of 20, to meet the growing travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) 2015.

Agricultural restructuring will focus on the two breakthroughs of scientific-technological application and re-organisation of production, according to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.

As many as 15,419 enterprises nationwide resumed their operation in 2014, up 7.1% from a year ago, according to Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam.

Vietnam’s tra fish export is valued at over US$1.7 billion in 2014 and will remain unchanged in 2015, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

(VOV) - The General Statistics Office (GSO) reports the country’s GDP grew by 5.98% for calendar year 2014 –  the highest growth rate since 2011.

The southern province of Dong Nai exported nearly 438,000 tonnes of coffee in 2014, tripling the previous year’s figure, according to the provincial Statistics Department.

The two-way trade between Vietnam and Brazil in the first 11 months of this year hit US$2.99 billion, a good prospect for further enlarging the dimension of their bilateral trade turnover in the future. 

(VOV) - Da Nang International Airport in collaboration with budget carrier Vietjet Air and the municipal People’s Committee on December 30 ceremoniously welcomed the 5 millionth airport passenger. 

It is advisable for Vietnamese businesses to create specialised and high-quality products at competitive prices and build their own trade names to make inroads in such choosy market as Germany. 

Vietnam Airlines, the national air carrier, and a consortium of insurers in Hanoi have signed a 2015–16 insurance contract worth US$6 billion.

The industrial sector has shown signs of recovery in the past year but a shedload of challenges lying ahead need to be addressed to make it a pillar of the economy, officials said. 

(VOV) - The agriculture and rural development sector has obtained impressive results in 2014 with export turnover of nearly US$31 billion, a year-on-year increase of 11.2%. 

(VOV) - In 2014, HCM city made significant breakthroughs in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), with the US$1.4 billion dollars Samsung Electronics project leading the country in terms of garnering FDI.

(VOV) - As Vietnam and the US look toward the 20th anniversary of normalized relations, we have a unique opportunity to deepen our comprehensive partnership in ways that will make it last.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged all ministries, sectors, and localities to determinedly safeguard national sovereignty as well as a peaceful and stable environment for national development in 2015.

(VOV) - By December 15, 11 Red River Delta provinces had attracted 5,207 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth US$63 billion, accounting for 25% of the country’s total FDI capital inflows.

(VOV) - Vietnam currently is the most attractive country of South and East Asia for transnational companies from the RoK– with relatively constant foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in recent years.

Export companies preferred loans in foreign currencies than in the Vietnamese dong due to a stable foreign exchange policy and lower interest expenses.

(VOV) - Vietnam is estimated to earn nearly US$1.5 billion this year from exporting fruit and vegetables while spending only US$521 million on imports, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetables Association. 

(VOV) - The US has become the biggest importer of Vietnam, with two-way trade turnover reaching approximately US$28.5 billion in 2014, up 19.6% compared to last year’s figure.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s public debts were estimated at more than US$86.267 billion as of 8:40am (local time) on December 28, accounting for 47% of the country’s GDP, according to Global debt clock at The Economist.com.

The gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014 is estimated to grow by 5.98 percent over the previous year, Director General of the Vietnam General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam reported at a press conference in Hanoi on December 27.

(VOV) - Around 270 local and foreign companies are showcasing  their latest  products and services at Vietbuild Home 2014, which opened December 27 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City.

(VOV) - Vietnamese businesses have pumped more than US$1.6 billion in investment projects abroad this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA). 

(VOV) - Following a 12 month enquiry, the European Commission (EC) has recently decided not to impose anti-subsidy duties against Vietnamese imports of polyester staple fibres (PSF), according to the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA).