August marked the 17th month in a row of automobile sales growth, with 12,562 cars sold, a 59% year-on-year increase, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA). 

(VOV) - Experts from Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos (CVL) gathered in Siem Reap on September 9, seeking ways to promote trade, investment and tourism in the three countries of the Development Triangle Area (DTA). 

(VOV) - FPT IS, an information system affiliate of the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT), has been awarded a US$6.6 million contract to supply and implement an integrated income tax management system for Bangladesh.

(VOV) - Vietnamese rubber exports are forecast at 1 million tonnes with total export value of US$1.8-2 billion for 2014, down 10% in volume and 25-30% in value compared to last year.

(VOV) -A geographic indications (GIs) exhibition, organised by the Ministry of Science and Technology and EC-ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Cooperation Programme, opened in Hanoi on September 9.

(VOV) -A groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 9 for a US$3.2 billion oil refinery project at Hoa Tan industrial park in the central coastal province of Phu Yen.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the banking sector in 2014 are not as common as in previous years when most of the M&A cases involved smaller banks merging into larger banks. This year a number of leading banks merged to create greater strength.

(VOV) - Japanese company Asia Plus wants to assist Vietnamese businesses more effectively connect with target customers and expand their businesses through sophisticated internet marketing techniques incorporating social media.

(VOV) - A Taiwanese company, Cheng Long Group, has announced plans to construct a US$1 billion industrial paper processing plant with a capacity of over 1 million tonnes annually in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

(VOV) - Leading market analysts are forecasting Vietnamese exports to the US of litchi and longans to soar to over 1,800 tonnes annually. 

Vietnam and Cuba expressed their wish to expand agricultural cooperation via a number of cooperation programmes, including a rice production programme and a master plan for aquaculture in Cuba until 2020. 

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee Le Thanh Hai requested the Speaker of the Myanmar Assembly of the Union, Thura U Shwe Mann, to support businesses in the city and Myanmar to boost their partnership in the future. 

(VOV) -The Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac will lead a delegation of prominent Vietnamese businesses attending the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2014 from September 10-12 in Tianjin, China.

(VOV) - The Quang Ngai-based Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) has attracted 8 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects totalling US$188 million as of September 2014.

(VOV) -An international workshop on intellectual property and trade names was held in Hanoi on September 8, attracting delegates from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

(VOV) - US firms consider Vietnam the second most attractive destination, after Indonesia, in the ASEAN region for investment, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham Singapore).

Vietnam earned US$1.06 billion from commodity exports to Belgium in the first seven months of 2014, representing a year-on-year surge of 42.87%, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam saw a trade surplus of nearly US$1.86 billion from exports to Japan in the first eight months of 2014, representing a 40 percent increase over the same period last year.

(VOV) - As a consequence of Vietnam opening its markets in line with World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments on January 1, 2009, the country has blossomed into a promising market for foreign franchisors.

(VOV) -A US$3.2 billion oil refinery project of the UK Technostar Management Ltd in Vung Ro is set to get off the ground in central Phu Yen province on September 9.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued the order to levy tariffs on stainless steel products imported from four countries to protect the domestic market.

(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on September 7 attended a ground-breaking ceremony for a Thai Nguyen-Bac Kan expressway and an upgrade of 25km long National Highway 3 section.

(VOV) - The Association of Vietnamese Investors in Myanmar (AVIM) should better perform its role in boosting Vietnamese investment in Myanmar, especially in agriculture, hospitality industry, banking and finance.

(VOV) -Can Tho City is an honoured guest, at the 69th Accenta International Trade Fair taking place from Sept. 6-14 at Ghent City in Belgium.

(VOV) - Coffee bean and instant coffee processors in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak have exported products to 80 countries and territories worldwide, 20 more markets than the beginning of this year.

(VOV) -Garment and textile exports in the first eight months of the year accelerated 19.7% on-year to US$13.65 billion, according to the the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

(VOV) - Vietnam and Russia on September 6 reached an agreement under which Russia will supply Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to two air transporters: Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air.

(VOV) -Vietnam and Russia will step up final negotiations of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to be signed early next year.

(VOV) -Techno giants from around the globe are participating in the 2014 Audio Visual Equipment Show (AV Show) taking place from Sep 6-8 at the Sheraton Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Vietnamese businesses should capitalise on Brazil’s massive import tax reductions to further penetrate this large South American market, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Brazil.