(VOV) - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) plans to send a delegation to Vietnam from August 5-15 to appraise the Tien Sa seaport expansion project (phase II) in Danang city.

(VOV) -Despite the two petrol price hikes, the consumer price index (CPI) for July rose 0.23% over June, and the CPI for August is forecast to edge up 0.2% compared to July.

(VOV) -Power Logics Vina Co. Ltd, a wholly Korean invested company, held a ceremony recently to inaugurate its factory in the northern province of Vinh Phuc.

The central province of Phu Yen has revoked licenses of two foreign direct investment (FDI) tourism projects worth US$50 million for delays in implementation.

Overseas remittances to HCM City in the first seven months reached US$2.42 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 5.2%.

(VOV) -Vietnam should further improve its business environment, including simplifying administrative procedures and cutting business costs, or it lags behind other countries, local and foreign experts suggested.

(VOV) -Vietnam imported 6,000 automobiles worth US$117 million in June 2014, reaching record highs for the past three years, according to the General Office of Statistics (GSO).

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has authorized the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee to carry out the Quang Ninh air terminal project – one of the country’s four air terminal projects calling for investment.

(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the green light to an action plan on increasing the efficiency of official development assistance (ODA) in the 2014-2015 period.

(VOV) - The Middle Eastern nation of Israel, though small in size, is a highly lucrative market for Vietnamese agricultural exports with tremendous potential for growth. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s total import-export turnover through border gates with Cambodia were estimated at US$650 million in the first seven months of the year, according to the southern Tay Ninh province’s Department of Industry and Trade.  

(VOV) - Companies operating in the electronics industry have tremendous opportunities to carve out their own specific niche in the global marketplace and thrive, said economists at a seminar in HCM City on July 30. 

The ANZ-Roy Morgan Vietnam Consumer Confidence Index posted another strong gain, increasing by 3.1 points to reach 134.1 in July, to stand well above the 2014 average of 131.

In response to questions concerning the Vietnamese people in Libya, the Consular Department of the Foreign Ministry on July 30 said most of the 1,550 Vietnamese people are living and working in non-violence areas of Libya. 

(VOV) - Southern Dong Nai province exported 3,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts earning US$19.7 million in July, up 7.1% in volume and 11.9% in value on-year.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s second most advanced surveillance ship was handed over on July 30 to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Force in northern Quang Ninh province by Ha Long Shipbuilding Co, Ltd.

The Ho Chi Minh City local government has mapped out a plan to boost budget collections for 2015, with domestic revenues targeted to rise 14 -16% and earnings from export and import to increase 6-8 percent, the Saigon Times Daily reported on July 30.

(VOV) - A recent survey reveals that 70% of German businesses operating in Vietnam hold a positive outlook on the economy in 2014 and are sanguine on prospects for continued buoyancy in the upcoming year.

(VOV) -Trade turnover between Vietnam and the UK picked up the pace in the first five months of the year, striking US$2 billion, according to statistics from the Vietnamese Trade Office in the UK.

Vietnam's most important international feed, livestock, and meat industry exhibition, the VietStock Expo and Forum, will be held in HCM City in October.

While motorcycle dealers bemoan the slowest sales in a decade, manufacturers are busy, introducing new models in the hope of triggering a revival.

A revised Enterprise Law will motivate enterprises and create a transparent business climate, policy-makers and economists have affirmed.

Moody’s Investors Service upgraded Vietnam’s credit rating on July 29, reflecting its continued macro-economic stability.

(VOV) -Nghe An central province has proposed the Government adjust a zoning plan on the south-eastern Nghe An Economic Zone (EZ), involving the Investment and Industrial Development Corporation (Becamex IDC).

(VOV) - The nation enjoyed a trade surplus of US$1.26 billion in the first seven months of the year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) General Statistics Office.

(VOV) -Thanks to its lower-cost labour market, geographic location and its 80 million strong retail market, Vietnam is emerging as an ideal venue for such big international groups as Samsung, Intel and LG.

(VOV) - The first composite vessel for Japanese Yanmar Company’s pilot project to supply 180 vessels to Vietnamese fishermen to help them increase tuna yield and quality was officially launched on July 28.

(VOV) - Danang city plays the pivotal role in Central Vietnam’s regional socio-economic development strategy.

The Finance Ministry has required petrol companies to cut retail petrol prices as from 14:00 on July 28 against the backdrop of declining world prices, with the companies to decide the specific price by themselves. 

(VOV) - A delegation from the Saigon Newport Corporation led by general director Nguyen Dang Nghiem paid a working visit to Istanbul, Turkey from July 23-26, exploring business opportunities with companies from the Middle Eastern country.