The General Statistics Office (GSO) reported an increase of 59.8% to 31,000 units in imports of Completely Built-Up (CBU) automobiles to the local market.

Representatives from small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and experts met in Hanoi   on August 13 to discuss the role of enterprises in the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked relevant ministries and agencies and Hanoi authorities to seek every possible way to remove difficulties for the projects on building the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park and the Hanoi National University. 

Thailand's PTT energy conglomerate will invest US$20 billion in a Vietnamese petrochemical complex that aims to meet local and overseas demand in seven years. 

Food processor Donafoods in southern Dong Nai province had worked with Germany’s Thailand-based Target Co. Ltd to develop a clean cashew material area in the locality.

(VOV) - The Republic of Korea will accelerate negotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Vietnam, striving to sign the trade pact late this year. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese handicrafts imported by a Thai company have attracted the attention of foreign visitors at a recent international handicraft exhibition held in Bangkok, Thailand. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese citizens at least 21 years old may become eligible to gamble at casinos in Vietnam, according to a new draft on casino business by the Ministry of Finance (MoF). 

Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises and foreign investors can now open direct investment capital accounts in Vietnamese dong from September 25, besides accounts in foreign currencies.

(VOV) - The Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) has selected the Vietnam Military Commercial Joint Stock  Bank (MB) for its coveted World Class Global Performance Excellence Award (GPEA) for 2014.

Over one month after launching its initial public offering (IPO), Vietnam's first exchange-traded fund (ETF), VFMVN30, has begun attracting investor interest.

(VOV) - Japan remains the largest foreign investor of southern Binh Duong province with more than 220 projects and foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursements of nearly US$5 billion.

(VOV) -The country’s exports to the US in the month of July jumped 6.4% on-month to US$2.65 billion,while climbing a healthy 23% over last July’s exports, reports the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

(VOV) - Vietnam together with other ASEAN countries gives top priorities to developing the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

(VOV) - Vietnam has made remarkable efforts as a WTO member, with the nation’s leadership showing courage and determination, serving as an inspiration for us all, said former WTO Director General Pascal Lamy.

The domestic leather and footwear industry is seeing positive signs in the market.

(VOV) -The news that German Metro AG is selling its wholesale operations and real estate portfolio in Vietnam to Beri Jucker (BJC) owned by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi for US$879 million has  met with mixed reviews.

(VOV) -Australia has provided AUD3.1 million to help Vietnam implement a project to restructure its economy in a bid to raise its competitiveness.

(VOV) -Bac Ninh led the nation’s 45 provinces and cities in attracting foreign investment for the first seven months of 2014, reports the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(VOV) - If the beef industry does not undergo a remarkable transformation, it will not be sufficiently competitive with imported beef in the future to survive, according to Nguyen Dang Vang, President of the Vietnam Husbandry Association. 

(VOV) -Vissai Ninh Binh Group has won a contract to export 1.5 million tonnes of clinker to Ciment de Bourbon, France, for use in the construction of an expressway on Reunion Island.

The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has forecast that the country’s rice exports are likely to reach 6.3 million tonnes this year.

(VOV) -Vietnam has taken the lead in the Southeast Asian region as the most attractive destination for merger and acquisition (M&A) deals with Japan, said a recent M&A forum in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Transport has enacted a revised zoning plan increasing the number of ports at the Dung Quat deep water seaport No2 in Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ) in central Quang Ngai province to 27 by 2030.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Finance (MoF) will abolish unnecessary tax and customs procedures in an effort to facilitate business operations, said MoF Minister Dinh Tien Dung.

The demand for rented office space in Hanoi increased sharply in the second quarter of this year, pointing to a gradual recovery of the domestic economy, said property experts.

Four members of a cooperative group in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have become the first Tra fish farmers in Vietnam to receive the GLOBALGAP certificate. 

(VOV) - A delegation of leading representatives from the Australian seafood industry has toured the Mekong Delta region from August 3-10 to learn more about aquaculture cooperation and investment opportunities in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Similar to Black Friday in the United States, “Online Shopping Day” (December 5) is anticipated to be a day businesses come out with “Doorbuster Sales” and special discounts to attract customers to make purchases. 

(VOV) - Russia’s Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) has lifted a temporary ban on seafood imports from seven Vietnamese businesses into the Russian market, according to the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD).