The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will continue to provide domestic companies with latest trade information about potential markets in Africa while updating import-export regulations in these markets.

The Hanoi People’s Court on June 9 sentenced Nguyen Duc Kien, former vice chairman of the founding council of the Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), to 30 years’ imprisonment. 

(VOV) - Businesses in Ho Chi Minh City have proposed the support of loans’ interest to replace outdated machinery and equipment imported from China.  

(VOV) - Forbes Vietnam, the Vietnamese edition of the international Forbes magazine, has announced a June list of the top 50 companies on the country's stock exchange, led by Vietcombank.

(VOV) -A number of Japanese companies will attend two exhibitions on machinery and technology for support industries, at the Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi on August 27-29.

(VOV) - The export value of Tra fish (Pangasius) is expected to fetch US$1.6 billion by the end of this year, falling by 5% compared with 2013.  

(VOV) - Vietnam Customs statistics show that two-way trade between Vietnam and Turkey hit US$442.4 million in the first four months of this year, an increase of 32.9% compared with the previous year. 

Vietnam’s export turnover to Spain in the first four months of this year hit nearly US$799 million, 31.42% higher year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Liberal policies and incentives from the Government and huge foreign investment are gradually pulling the property market out of its long slump.

Vietnamese enterprises are running 128 valid investment projects in Cambodia with a combined registered capital of more than US$3 billion, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

(VOV) - Agro and aquatic exports have experienced a slowdown in recent times, suffering from a disparate array of difficulties such as inadequate zoning, lack of production materials, insufficient investment and low added value.

(VOV) - German newspaper "The Mirror" recently ran an article praising the Vietnamese investment environment as well as its open policies for foreign businesses.

(VOV) -Local farmers in the Mekong Delta region are suffering huge losses as a global glut of white-leg shrimp has caused the sales price to nosedive 50% over the past year.

(VOV) - Government officials recently announced that milk prices and related products at supermarkets are falling from between 10% and 20% as a result of a recent decision.  A few prices are even exceeding a 20% decrease they report. 

(VOV) -The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is soliciting investment to back the construction of a new large-scale US$10.2 million high-tech industrial park in Thanh Phu in Co Do district.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has affirmed the Government’s commitment to creating favourable conditions for foreign businesses expansion of investment in Vietnam, specifically those from the Republic of Korea (RoK).

A pilot programme will aim at financing connectivity models between businesses and farmers in order to promote high-technology application in agricultural production and exports. 

(VOV) - The Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ) in the central province of Quang Ngai will intensify investment promotion in 2014-15, aiming to attract an additional 10-15 projects, with total registered capital of US$2 billion. 

(VOV) - Wood and timber product exports are expected to hit US$10 billion by 2020, according to an action plan for developing the wood market, approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

(VOV) - The Ministry of Transport (MoT) on June 8 inaugurated Vietnam’s longest prestressed concrete bridge linking Hanoi’s Son Tay town and Vinh Phuc province’s Vinh Tuong district.

(VOV) - The Quang Ngai-based Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) has attracted 8 FDI projects capitalized at US$200 million in total since it got off the ground nine months ago.

The northern province of Hai Duong has granted an investment permit to the Chung Jye Vietnam Co., Ltd, a Taiwanese investor specialising in producing footwear for exports.

ASEAN Exchanges have introduced an expanded FTSE ASEAN index series which will include Vietnamese stocks for the first time, in a bid to provide a comprehensive suite of indices covering the growing ASEAN equity market. 

(VOV) - Representatives from 42 major retailers, manufacturers and distributors in the south gathered in HCM City on June 7 to discuss coordination of production and distribution planning across the supply chains.

(VOV) - The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) recently signed a deal with Yagoon-based Small and Medium Industrial Bank (SMIDB), paving the way for the establishment of a BIDV branch in Myanmar.

(VOV) - Samsung Electronics Co opened a centre in Hanoi on June 6, introducing its latest products and technologies for businesses in nine different areas.

(VOV) - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) governor Nguyen Van Binh has expressed hope that the Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA) will encourage Japanese businesses to purchase Vietnam’s non-performing loans (NPLs).

(VOV) - JW Marriott Hanoi, a leading five-star hotel, has received top honors for excellence in the Asia-Pacific Property Award Winners 2014-2015, the world’s most prestigious real estate industry accolades.

(VOV) - At least 80 Vietnamese companies are showcasing their high-quality Made-in-Vietnam products and services at the second China-South Asia expo which kicked off in Kunming, China, on June 6. 

The construction sector should pay attention to promoting energy efficiency right from the stage of designing as well as in the construction process of projects, experts said at a seminar held in Hanoi on June 6.