(VOV) - A modern passenger terminal will be built on Phu Quoc island, a tourist destination in the south and Kien Giang province, to accommodate luxury cruise liners. 

Ho Chi Minh City achieved robust economic growth in the first eight months, creating favourable conditions to fulfill its socio-economic targets for the full year, Chairman of HCM City's People's Committee, Le Hoang Quan, has said.

Doji Gold and Gems Group has become the first Vietnamese enterprise to receive a licence from the Government to measure gold content in jewellery traded in the domestic market.

(VOV) - French bicycle maker Peugeot officially established its presence in Danang city with the recent opening of a showroom at 272 Phan Chau Trinh street. 

(VOV) -The European Union EU) is currently the second largest trade partner and the number one export market of Vietnam, said European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso.

(VOV) - The Cambodian province of Prey Veng and Vietnam’s southern Long An province will enhance cooperation in all fields, including investment, cultural exchange, community health care, as well as in ensuring social order and security for a peaceful border. 

(VOV) - The latest sales figures confirm that despite lingering market difficulties, sales of domestic automakers continue to grow with Toyota, Thaco and Ford outperforming foreign manufacturers in recent months.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s seafood exports jumped 25.4% on-year in the first eight months of the year to US$4.95 billion, tallying in at a record US$679 million for the month of August alone.

(VOV) -Vietnam came second in footwear exports to Colombia, earning more than US$78 million in 2013, accounting for 17% of the South American country’s total footwear imports.

Vietnam, like other Southeast Asian countries, is expanding its airports and constructing new international hubs to accommodate an increasing number of travellers.

Vietnam has enjoyed a trade surplus of US$1.7 billion for the first eight months of 2014, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO)’s figures.

In the first seven months of this year, tea exports have declined both in volume and value compared to the same period last year. 

(VOV) -Vietnamese exports from agriculture, forestry and fishery in the first eight months of the year jumped 11.9% on-year to US$20.22 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

(VOV) -Central Quang Nam province staged a seminar in Tokyo on August 25 to introduce its investment potential to the Japanese business community.

Vietnam’s VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company (VietJet Air) has contributed US$16.6 million to the state budget over the past seven months of this year. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese exports to the Republic of Korea (RoK) rose 2.4% to US$3.66 billion in the first seven months of this year, according to Vietnam's General Department of Customs. 

(VOV) - McDonald’s, the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, plans to open its third restaurant in Phu Lam area, west of HCM City, following the successful operation of the other two in the city. 

A Vietnamese auto company's plan to assemble and sell the world's cheapest car in Vietnam has been met with skepticism as the market seems lukewarm to cheap cars.

Experts have urged the government to set up a centre for credit services for struggling small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The national consumer price index (CPI) this month increased by 0.22 per cent over that of last month and 1.84 per cent over that of the end of last year.

(VOV) - Microsoft, which took over Nokia in a US$7.2 million deal last April, is closing all its plants in Hungary, contracting production in China and Mexico, and shifting the bulk of phone manufacturing to Bac Ninh province.

(VOV) - A Bank for Industry and Trade of Vietnam (VietinBank) delegation led by its Director General Le Duc Tho recently paid a working visit to Japan, hoping to attract investment in the Vietnamese agriculture industry.

(VOV) - Over 150 international economic experts and managers shared experience in sharpening competitive edge and boosting international economic cooperation at a seminar in Hanoi on August 23.

(VOV) - Frontier-market equity funds from Sweden and South Africa are pouring millions of US dollars into the Vietnam stock market, lured by Southeast Asia’s improving economic outlook for growth.

The Microsoft Information Technology (IT) Academy, the first ever international standard IT training centre in the central and Central Highlands regions, made its debut in ceremonies held on August 23.

(VOV) -LG Electronics recently announced it is placing its new 100,000 square metre factory in Trang Due Industrial Park in the northern city of Haiphong into operation in October.

(VOV) -Central Power Corporation (EVN CPC) on August 23 received underwater cables serving a project to provide power from national grid for Ly Son island in central Quang Ngai province.

(VOV) - There are high expectations the new bidding mechanism will make great strides in the difficult process of assessing and selecting high quality contractors. 

(VOV) - US multinational companies – Boeing, Microsoft and Carix – told Vietnam Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong, who is on a Washington State visit  from August 19-20,  they hope to expand cooperative ties with Vietnam.

(VOV) - Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers – Vietnam and seven foreign law firms have merged to form Rajah & Tann Asia, the largest law firm in South East Asia (SEA).