(VOV) - The Ministry of Finance spearheaded negotiations with the Turkish Government during a recent working visit to the Middle Eastern country from July 6-9, and signing  a double tax avoidance agreement.

(VOV) - The value of Vietnam exports outpaced the GDP growth rate by threefold in the first six months of the year, jumping up 15% over last year’s same period to US$71 billion.

As many as 37,315 businesses were established in the first half of 2014 with a total registered capital of VND230,924 billion, up 19.3% from the same period in 2013, the Government news portal reported.

The 2014 MTA Vietnam Show, the largest on manufacturing solutions in the country, got underway in Ho Chi Minh City on July 8, with the participation of many companies from Germany, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and the Republic of Korea. 

(VOV) - A delegation from the Lao Government Inspection Authority led by Inspector General Bounthong Chitmany on July 8 paid a working visit to the central city of Danang.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s macroeconomic stabilization performance has continued to improve but growth remains moderate and continues to come in below its potential, according to a World Bank (WB) report released on July 8.

(VOV) - Entrepreneurs in Hanoi are eagerly seeking out cooperation partners from Laos and are particularly keen on entering into business deals with partners from Luang Prabang province. 

(VOV) - Canada has approved funding of CAD500,000 for Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to implement a technical and policy support project to restructure the agricultural sector in the 2013-2020 period.

(VOV) -A large number of representatives from the Vietnamese business community attended a seminar in HCM City on July 8 focused on investment opportunities in the US in line with Vietnamese strengths.

(VOV) - A high-level delegation from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade paid a working visit to Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade to boost seafood cooperation between the two nations. 

(VOV) -Singaporean companies are highly confident that the Vietnam real estate market is on the pathway to sustainability, said Linson Lim, Keppel Land Vietnam General Director, one of the nation’s largest real estate investors.

State-owned Petrolimex, Vietnam's leading fuel importer and distributor, on July 7 increased the price of 92-octane (92 RON) gasoline by VND410 to VND25,640(US$1.2) per litre, prompted by jumping world oil prices.

(VOV) -The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has surpassed Germany and Hong Kong to become Vietnam’s fifth largest export market, trailing behind the US, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.

(VOV) - The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced its preliminary determination adjusting tariffs on Vietnamese frozen tra (Pangasius) fillets imported into the US.

(VOV) -The European Commission Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) recently announced it will perform quality control inspections over processing of bivalve molluscs from September 9-18.

(VOV) - A long-term industrial development strategy recently approved by the Prime Minister targets an industrial production to GDP ratio of over 50% by 2030 and full integration into the global value chain by 2035.

(VOV) - Lotte Mart, one of the leading Korean food and shopping services retailers, is seeking high-quality Vietnamese products for export to its supermarkets in the Republic of Korea.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group-International (VNPT-I) on July 7 inaugurated its representative office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The export value of seafood in the first half of this year grew strongly due to a sharp increase in shrimps and prawns.

There is no need to worry about credit growth in foreign currencies in the first half of this year as the ratio of dollar loans versus mobilisation is within its safe threshold.

Vietnam spent nearly US$500 million in the first half of 2014 to import 25,000 completely built units (CBU) cars, an increase of 44.4% in volume and 53.9% in value year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The rising demand of foreign direct investment enterprises for raw materials has given local companies the chance to become suppliers, but they must be more active in the race.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still not prepared for the Vietnam – EU Free Trade Agreement that is expected to be signed this October, officials warned.

Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc on July 7 suggested cooperation with Japan’s Kagoshima city in services, tourism and farm produce trading at a reception for Kagoshima Mayor Hiroyuki Mori.

(VOV) - Coffee, the key export of the Central Highland province of Dak Lak, is capturing an ever increasing share of the global market as it is now exported to more than 60 countries and territories.

(VOV) - The trade sector has worked out a number of solutions aiming to boost exports and produce a trade surplus of US$500 million by the end of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reports.

(VOV) -Despite macroeconomic challenges, Vietnam invested US$446 million in its information technology (IT) industry in 2013, up 9.9% from a year earlier, according to the latest report by the International Data Corporation (IDC).

(VOV) - Businesses have signed contracts for the export of 4.7 million tonnes of rice, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). 

(VOV) - Luxury villas at the world-class Montogomerie golf course have been listed for sale by the Central Green Land Joint Stock Company in Danang city at prices starting from VND10 billion each. 

(VOV) - Two-way trade between Vietnam and Singapore surged 22.4% to more than US$6.5 billion in the four months leading up to May, according to the Singapore Department of Statistics (DOS).