(VOV) - Vietnamese rubber exports are forecast at 1 million tonnes with total export value of US$1.8-2 billion for 2014, down 10% in volume and 25-30% in value compared to last year.

(VOV) - The restaurant and food industry in Vietnam is a delectable – hot and juicy spot for foreign investment and has been garnering the eye of large numbers of Japanese investors.

(VOV) - Southern Dong Nai province has issued investment certificates for 103 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects, valued at over US$922 million during the first eight months of the year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently approved a development plan for Vietnam’s shipping industry for 2020, with a vision for 2030, aiming to ease the transportation burden on roads. 

(VOV) - Thai trade and investment promotion agencies are actively implementing an array of programmes to connect businesses and support them in seeking business investment opportunities in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Microsoft, which took over Nokia in a US$7.2 million deal last April, is closing all its plants in Hungary, contracting production in China and Mexico, and shifting the bulk of phone manufacturing to Bac Ninh province.

(VOV) - Over 150 international economic experts and managers shared experience in sharpening competitive edge and boosting international economic cooperation at a seminar in Hanoi on August 23.

(VOV) -Japanese Idemitsu Kosan company on August 21 announced that it has struck oil at its fourth oil-well at plot 05-1b and 05-1c offshore southern Vietnam.

A study by Nomura Research Institute (NRI) of Japan estimated the value of Vietnam's property market at US$21 billion, a far cry from that of some of its neighbours. 

(VOV) -Comvik, a leading prepaid mobile phone operator in Sweden, has showed a keen interest in the Vietnamese telecom market, especially in buying shares of MobiFone.