(VOV) -High inventory levels are attributed to low credit growth and an increase in banks’ bad debts.

The price-stabilized-product system should be developed nationwide and co-ordination among enterprises in creating a “goods reserve” should be improved, a conference was told on May 29.

(VOV) - Agilent, the world’s premier measurement company in the US, has decided to open two offices in Hanoi and HCM City to provide local customers with sales, applications and support services.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese Fruit and Vegetables Association (Vinafruit) predicts that the country’s fruit and vegetable export value is likely to hit US$1 billion in 2013.

(VOV) -Domestic businesses demanded an anti-dumping investigation into a number of imported steel products.

(VOV) - Agro-forestry and fishery exports fetched nearly US$2.2 billion in May, bringing their total five-month export earnings to US$10.7 billion, down 4.6% from a year ago.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has decided to increase anti-dumping duties on Tra fish imported from Vietnam by an additional US$0.52-1.29 per kilo, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

(VOV) - The Prime Minister has decided to establish the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) in an effort to settle bad debts that are hampering banking and business operations.

(VOV) -Businesses regard value added tax (VAT) reductions as a practical measure to help them through a difficult time.

(VOV) -Vietnam exported more than 38,000 tonnes of pepper in the first four months of 2013, earning US$370 million and improving on last year’s revenue by 30 percent.