(VOV) -The U.S-based Microchip Technology Inc. is looking for a land lot to build a chip manufacturing plant in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Representatives of Japanese enterprises have suggested that Vietnam beef up its efforts to improve transport and logistics services to bolster the development of agriculture.

(VOV) - In contrast to the majority of key agro-forestry and seafood products, which experienced significant export growth in the first half of the year, rubber and rice exports fell sharply.

(VOV) - Vietnam-Germany friendship and economic ties have been flourishing over recent years, since the two countries agreed to elevate their relationship to that of an equal strategic partnership.

Ministries and related sectors should closely follow the development of rice markets at home and abroad and expand trade promotion activities for increasing Vietnamese rice exports.

The country attracted US$6.85 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first half of this year, down 35% as compared to same period last year.

The European Union (EU) has committed EUR542 million (US$736 million) in official development assistance to Vietnam this year, and the level of aid would also be maintained for the coming years.

(VOV) -The EU is now the third largest importer of Vietnamese shrimp, trailing behind the US and Japan, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

(VOV) - A delegation from Dong Thap province recently completed a fact-finding tour of the Netherlands aimed at improving the efficiency, productivity and sustainability of agriculture and horticulture in the locality.

(VOV) - Most Middle Eastern countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, have a high demand for importing construction materials and furniture, creating plenty of opportunity for Vietnamese businesses to access the market.

Taiwan's Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company, a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group, has offered its services in setting up the government-managed Vung Ang special steel economic region.

(VOV) - African and Middle Eastern countries are potential markets having a high import demand for food, agricultural, seafood and consumer products that are Vietnam’s strengths.

(VOV) - Vietnam wants to strengthen economic relations with member states of the Francophone community and creates favourable conditions for Francophone businesses to operate efficiently.

(VOV) - A significant number of Vietnamese companies signed cooperation deals with South African partners at the 21st Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX), which closed in Johannesburg on June 24. 

(VOV) - Japanese investors are eyeing Hanoi’s high-tech and industrial sectors and are actively seeking increased cooperation opportunities with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the lucrative market.

(VOV) - Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh led a delegation from the agency on a working visit to Cuba from June 21-24, aiming to strengthen trade and investment cooperation between the two nations. 

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City over the past six months of the year are estimated to reach US$2 billion, equaling the figure of the same period last year, according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s branch in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Taiwan’s Kingtec Group has entered into a lease arrangement for 16 hectares in the My Phuoc 3 Industrial Park located in the southern province of Binh Duong on which it plans to manufacture electronic goods. 

(VOV) - The southern province of Tay Ninh has attracted US$432.3 million of foreign investment in the first six months of the year, up 2.6 fold against the same period last year. 

(VOV) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on June 24 announced that Vietnam has become the 69th official member of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO). 

(VOV) - Vietnam has a comparative advantage in agriculture production, said deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh at a seminar in Can Tho city on June 24.

(VOV) - A conference aimed at formulating and implementing an action plan for bolstering Vietnam, Laos socio-economic development was organized by the Laos Ministry of Planning and Investment in Vientiane on June 24.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved adjustments to an overall development planning for the Mekong Delta through 2030, with a vision towards 2050.

(VOV) -Ho Chi Minh City is on the path to creating a special economic zone concentrating on bolstering its GDP through the development of the sea-borne economy.

(VOV) -Vietnamese Tam Tamfood Company and Hanoi Garment and Textile Company displayed their wares at a trade fair held in the Kursk Region, Russia, from June 18-22.

(VOV) -The country’s consumer price index (CPI) for June rose slightly by 0.3% over May and 4.98% over a year ago, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(VOV) - Leaders from the Vietnamese and French business communities convened at a meeting in Paris on June 23, mulling over marketing and sales strategies to penetrate the EU marketplace.

Vietnam's industrial production is seeing improvement, with estimated growth of 5.8% seen in the first half of this year, higher than last year's 5.3% rise.

Leather footwear and handbag exports are expected to top US$12 billion this year, achieving the target, the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso) said.

Ho Chi Minh City’s economy has continued growing stably in the first six months, recording positive changes in business production and State budget collection, according to the municipal People’s Committee.