(VOV) -Garment and textile exports jumped 21.3% in the first four months of this year, fetching nearly US$6 billion, according to Vietnam Customs statistics.

(VOV) -Vietnam shipped abroad nearly 300,000 tonnes of rice in the first three week of May, bringing its total rice export volume to over 2 million tonnes since the start of this year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

New findings from a survey conducted by global office provider Regus indicates the number of Vietnamnese companies seeking business opportunities in the domestic market is 260% higher than those looking overseas.

Leading regional broadcaster Channel NewsAsia has announced plans to set up a bureau in Vietnam to strengthen its ability to cover the region’s developments more comprehensively.

The annual Vietnam – Singapore Business Forum 2014 (VSBF), to be held from June 4-6 in HCM City, will offer a platform to exchange business ideas, tackle current challenges and develop bilateral strategic partnerships.

(VOV) - Laos and Vietnam have worked closely together to timely address business concerns and create conditions for Vietnamese companies to undertake projects in Laos.

(VOV) - SUTL Corporation Pte Ltd continues to invest in Vietnam through the construction of Vung Ro Bay yacht club, in the central coastal province of Phu Yen.

(VOV) - According to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA), approximately US$4.6 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) has been disbursed over the past five months, demonstrating a year-on-year increase of 0.4%.

(VOV) -A steel and cast iron mill of Vietnam-China Mineral and Metallurgy Co., Ltd (VTM) in the northern province of Lao Cai produced its first batch on May 26.

(VOV) -Export earnings from agro-aquatic-forestry products are estimated at US$12.12 billion in the first five months of this year, representing a year-on-year increase of 10.4%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam Airlines, the national flag carrier, plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) – the first sale of stock to the public - in the third quarter of this year.

(VOV) - Honda Vietnam has announced that it will launch ten new motorbike models in fiscal year ending March 2015, aiming to turn Vietnam into the “hub” of the motorbike world.

(VOV) - At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 24, the Russian Rosneft Oil and Gas Group and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) signed an agreement including major terms for long-term oil supplies to Dung Quat Oil Refinery in Vietnam. 

(VOV) - Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) recently unveiled its business plan at the company’s annual shareholder meeting, targeting a pre-tax profit of VND2,000 billion for 2014, down 1% over last year. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s financial markets are deepening as foreign-invested enterprises continue to pump investment into the country at a substantial and growing pace.

Japanese electric bike firm Terra Motors said that it has started manufacturing electric bikes in Vietnam in HCM City's Cat Lai industrial zone. 

(VOV) - JX Nippon Oil & Energy Vietnam has just opened a lubricant oil factory at Dinh Vu Industrial Zone in Haiphong.

(VOV) - A week of Vietnamese products will be held at Metro supermarket chain in Berlin, Germany in late June and at Casino Group’s Big C supermarket chain in France in September.

(VOV) - UK businesses and trade organisations gathered at a seminar in London on May 23 seeking opportunities to invest in Vietnam, in particular Nghe An province.

(VOV) - The United States has levied duties on stainless steel pressure pipes imported from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam after finding the products had been sold at unfairly low prices.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s May consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% over April and 4.72% from a year ago, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on May 24.

(VOV) - HCM City-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have received support from Japanese seniors to improve their competitive advantage. 

(VOV) - The Ministry of Planning and Investment recently announced that the mid-term Vietnam Business Forum 2014 (VBF) is due to be held in Hanoi on June 5. 

(VOV) - Localities where social disturbances took place recently have dispatched their special working missions to industrial parks to inquire into the situation and help businesses resume operation. 

Businesses in the southern province of Tay Ninh have earned nearly VND1 billion (US$47,000) from their daily export of 10,000 chickens to Cambodia through auxiliary border checkpoints.

(VOV) - Writing on the blog of the World Economic Forum on May 23, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stressed the role of foreign direct investment in Vietnam's economy, reaffirming that FDI enterprises' success is taken as Vietnam's own.

(VOV) - Savills Vietnam has been officially named as the winner of the prestigious Asia-Pacific Property Awards 2014 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

(VOV) -Vietnam-China trade turnover through Lao Cai border gate was estimated at US$219 million in the first five months of 2014, representing an increase of 59% compared with the previous year.

(VOV) - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) made progress in negotiations on customs, the rule of origin, services, investment, laws, trade protection, sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) and the technical barriers to trade (TBT) agreement during the fifth round of FTA talks in Seoul.

The Mekong Delta must develop new strategies and clear goals to attract more investors to the region, a Japanese executive said at a conference held on May 23 in Ho Chi Minh City.