The 12th quarterly EuroCham Business Climate Index (BCI) survey released on August 27, shows that business confidence and outlook among European businesses in Vietnam remains unchanged from last mark at around the 50%.

Thailand will soon grant a certificate of geographical indication (GI) to Vietnam’s Buon Ma Thuot coffee trademark, said Jutathip Vuthiparum from the Thailand Intellectual Property Department.

Vietnam has been praised as the new King of Coffee in a recent article published on Le Point – a French weekly magazine.

(VOV) - The southern province Binh Duong on August 27 licenced 23 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects and two domestic ones, with total capital of nearly US$220 million. 

(VOV) - Main items of farm produce are down in export volume, says the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The US remained Vietnam’s largest goods consumer, importing more than US$13 billion worth of goods over the past seven months (18 percent of Vietnam’s total export value), according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Information Centre.

(VOV) - Japan’s Sumitomo group will participate in e-commerce business in Vietnam and Malaysia, according to Nikkei Newspaper.

Vietnam’s export of phones and components in the first seven months of 2013 increased 85.7 % year-on-year to US$11.55 billion.

The Vung Ang Economic Zone in the central coastal province of Ha Tinh has attracted 79 projects capitalized at over US$16 billion to date.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has agreed in principle to include a ship-building facility in Khanh Hoa Province in the country’s masterplan for the industry.