(VOV) - India, the world’s second largest producer of input materials for the garment industry, is seeking expanded opportunities for cooperation with Vietnam, a trade exchange heard in HCM City on August 8.

The US, as a comprehensive partner of Vietnam, is ready to work with Vietnam to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse told the media in Hanoi on August 8. 

(VOV) - The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Fifth Economic Corridor Forum opened in Hanoi on August 8 to review the region’s achievements during the past six years and cross-border transport and trade facilitation initiatives.

(VOV) -The first batch of tuna from Binh Dinh province processed utilizing modernised technology and the composite boats provided by Japanese Yanmar Company was put up for auction in Japan on August 8.

(VOV) - The Korea-Vietnam Incubator Park (KVIP) is currently 32% complete and is slated for operations in early June 2015, announced Director of Can Tho Department of Industry and Trade, Nguyen Minh Toai at a meeting on August 8. 

A total of VND6 trillion (US$282 million) in Government bonds was mobilised to the State Treasury through a tender organised by the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on August 7.

(VOV) - The Danish embassy on August 8 introduced two programmes on Vietnam-Denmark business cooperation and financial support for private businesses in Vietnam.  

(VOV) -Japanese instant noodle maker, Acecook, recently announced it is launching Vietnamese “Instant Pho”(rice noodle soup) in the Japanese domestic market.

(VOV) - German retail giant Metro Group has signed a deal to sell its Metro Cash& Carry Vietnam (MCC Vietnam) to Thai Group Berli Jucker (BJC) for US$879 million.

(VOV) -The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors on August 8 approved a loan of US$500 million to the Vietnamese Government to improve the capacity, efficiency and reliability of electricity transmission in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, the Mekong Delta, and the central region.

Petroleum enterprises were asked to cut the retail price of petrol for the second time in the past ten days after a drop in global petrol prices.

There will be a wave of mergers and acquisitions in Vietnam in the next five years when the economy recovers and foreign direct investment surges, an international conference heard in HCM City on August 7.

Nearly 2,600 ha of forest have been cultivated in the northern province of Hoa Binh under a project using official development assistance (ODA) from the German Government. 

(VOV) -The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) may signal golden opportunities for exports in many of Vietnam’s sectors, but it is creating big challenges for the timber processing.

(VOV) - A Vietnamese delegation led by Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission Vuong Dinh Hue is on a six-day visit to Japan with the aim of learning more firsthand about Abenomics and obtaining an answer to the question.

(VOV) - It is high time Vietnam restructure the economic growth model towards improving quality, efficiency and competitiveness, Minister of Planning and Investment Vinh made the comment at a two-day national conference in Danang on August 7.

A delegation of cotton producers and exporters from eastern and southern African countries met with their Vietnamese counterparts in Ho Chi Minh City on August 6 to explore business opportunities.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has obtained Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's approval to select Hanoi-based property developer Joinus Company Ltd. and its partners as "potential investors" in Van Don International Airport.

(VOV) - American multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) recently announced the appointment of Vu Thu Trang as GM of its GE Haiphong Division.  

(VOV) - The Sri Lanka-Vietnam trade centre officially opened in Colombo on August 6, introducing Vietnam’s investment environment and cooperative prospects for trade to the Sri Lankan business community. 

(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged ministries, agencies and localities to speed up the restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOEs).

(VOV) - Vietnam, especially HCM City remains a major investment destination for Singaporean businesses, said Singapore’s Consul General in HCM City, Leow Siu Lin at a ceremony honouring the 49th anniversary of Singapore’s National Day on August 6. 

The export value of handicraft products in the first half of this year reached nearly US$900 million, an increase of about 10% compared to the same period last year, the Vietnam Economic News (VEN) reported, citing figures released by the Vietnam Handicraft Exporters Association (Vietcraft).

(VOV) - Companies from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are upbeat on business opportunities in the Dung Quat Economic Zone located in central Quang Ngai province. 

(VOV) -Binh Dinh Fishery Joint Stock Company (Bidifisco) and Japanese Kato Hitoshi General Office Co Ltd (Kato Office) have signed a contract to export ocean tuna to Japan.

(VOV) -The 2014 Vietnam International Fisheries Exhibition and Trade Fair (Vietfish) opened at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City on August 6.

(VOV) - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has initiated a preliminary investigation on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariff on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from several countries, including Vietnam.

(VOV) - The number of foreign trade representative visits to Vietnam during the first half of the year are an auspicious sign US investment in the country is not about to wane anytime soon, economic experts say.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s GPD will continue to grow despite low credit growth, according to recent HSBC’s report on Vietnam at a glance.

The Prime Minister has directed concerned ministries and agencies to monitor shrimp production and trade more strictly.