(VOV) - The industrial sector is struggling to achieve the 6.7 percent growth target set for 2013, beset by difficulties, including high inventory levels, high bank rates, and the sluggish global economic recovery.

(VOV) - Vietnam is considered a huge potential market for luxury watches, says Phillippe Leopold-Metzger, Chief Executive Officer of Piaget – a watch making and fine jewelry brand.

(VOV) - The consumer price index (CPI) in January rose 1.25 percent in January against the previous month, in line with expert expectations.

(VOV) - As many as 389 foreign-invested projects were licensed to operate in the domestic property market in 2012, with a total capitalisation of around US$49.8 billion.

(VOV) - The Finance Ministry has announced Vietnam’s public debt hit VND1,392 trillion by the end of 2011, equivalent to 54.9 percent the GDP for that year.

(VOV) - The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) will offer a 2-year fixed mortgage rate of 12.5 percent per annum for any new drawdown from now until February 23, 2013.

(VOV) - State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Governor Nguyen Van Binh believes the banking sector will implement practical measures to limit inflation rates to between 6–7 percent and maintain a credit growth rate of 12–13 percent.

(VOV) - Mekong Delta provinces have delivered 88,600 tonnes of rice to their overseas importers so far this year, earning US$41.4 million.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) in January rose 0.44 percent over the previous month and 3.6 percent from a year ago.

(VOV) - Vietnamese garments earned more than US$1 billion in export revenue from four big markets each - US$7 billion from the US, US$2.6 billion from the EU, US$2.1 billion from Japan, and US$1.1 billion from the Republic of Korea in 2012.