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.

(VOV) -Japan’s Sumitomo group anticipates obtaining its investment license, signaling the green light to proceed with the construction of a thermal power plant in central Khanh Hoa province, in July 2014.

(VOV) -Vietnamese pavilions, exhibiting a wide array of quality Made-in-Vietnam goods, are garnering the attention of many South African businesses at an international trade fair in Johannesburg city.

(VOV) -Hanoi is a dynamic city with a good business environment that instils confidence in Japanese investors, Thailand’s Reedtradex, ASEAN’s leading exhibition organiser recently reported.

The new-look Ha Long Shipbuilding One-member Co., Ltd, is taking shape, with its equitisation process is expected to be completed in September this year.

The southern province of Binh Duong enjoyed a 9.5 percent GDP growth in the first half of 2014 as compared to the same period last year, according to a report by the provincial People’s Committee.

The central city of Danang has implemented a range of measures to help local businesses increase their competitiveness and promote goods consumption. 

(VOV) - Spontaneous and uncoordinated production and obsolete post-harvest technology are the major weaknesses of the tuna fishing industry that needs to be addressed soon.

(VOV) -Ho Chi Minh City on June 21 presented investment certificates to five direct foreign investment (FDI) projects worth US$220 million in total.

(VOV) - Farmers in Hong Giang commune, Luc Ngan district, which has the country’s largest lychee growing area, are marketing exports of lychee to Japan on a pilot basis.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) for June increased 0.58% over the previous month and 1.1% compared to December 2013, according to the municipal statistics office.

(VOV) - Vietnam recorded a total import-export value of US$116.04 billion in the first five months of the year, generating a trade surplus of US$1.52 billion.

(VOV) - Vietnam maintained its position as the No1 supplier of shrimp to Japan in the first four months of this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). 

(VOV) -The US is conducting an antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) probe into imports of steel nails from seven countries, including Vietnam.

(VOV) - The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) will lend US$53.16 million to Laos to build a road in Houaphan province.

(VOV) -Since its inception 15 years ago, the Laos-Vietnam Joint Venture Bank (LVB) has achieved an annual impressive growth rate of more than 30%, becoming one of the most successful banks in Laos.

“There are a lot of opportunities to do business in Vietnam,” said Jeffrey Yu, Merchandise Director of Giant Singapore, adding that his company will import more products from Vietnam, especially litchi. 

(VOV) - Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have made marked progress in a number of issues during their 6th round of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.

Ho Chi Minh City’s GDP growth rate will remain high at over 9.5% in the second half of this year despite economic difficulties, heard a conference in the city on June 20. 

(VOV) -The Vietnam Southern Food Corporation (VINAFOOD II) has secured a contract to export 200,000 tonnes of 5% broken rice to Malaysia this year.

(VOV) - A senior State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) official has affirmed the bank’s June 19 decision to raise the VND/US$ rate by 1% will help boost exports and not put pressure on inflation control efforts.

(VOV) -The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has accepted the request of Ho Chi Minh City Branch of the Overseas-Chinese Corporation Limited (OCBC bank) to increase its charter capital by US$6 million to US$31 million.

(VOV) -Emirates, a well-known airline based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, has just appointed Mohammad Sarhan as its new general manager in Vietnam.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Diary Product Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) recently announced it earned VND1,240 billion from exports in the first five months of the year, and aims to raise the figure to VND4,000 billion by the year-end.

Executives from several leading UK companies in the oil and gas services industry will begin a five-day visit to Vietnam on June 23 to seek investment opportunities.

Vinaphone, announced on June 18 that it will reduce rates for its international roaming services in Australia, Canada and the United States, while making telephone calls back to Vietnam.

The Hungarian National Trading House (HNTH) was launched in Hanoi on June 18 with the aim of promoting trade activities between Hungarian and Vietnamese enterprises.

Total sales for Vietnamese businesses are expected to rise in the second half of this year, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has announced.

Vietnam has displayed its potential products at the international food and beverage fair in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 19-21, in a hope of boosting its exports to the country and other global markets.

(VOV) -Vietnam has so far invested a total of US$4.7 billion in Laos, making it the second largest foreign investor in the country.