Supermarkets participating in the city’s price stabilisation programme have increased their supply of essential goods to meet demand in the run-up to Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on January 20 praised the excellent work of individuals and groups in contributing to the development of Vietnam’s gemstones, jewelry and handicraft industry.

(VOV) - HCM City hosted a forum on January 19 discussing methods to increase consumers’ trust in Vietnamese products and services.

(VOV) - Vietnam should take advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs) signed with foreign countries to achieve its set target of 10-percent export growth in 2013.

(VOV) - Cash will dominate the real estate market in 2013, said Marc Townsend, General Director of CBRE Vietnam at a seminar in HCM City on January 15.

(VOV) - The success of the commercial bank restructuring process rests heavily on the settlement of bad debts that continue to obstruct capital mobilisation for the national economy.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Association of Automobile Manufacturers (VAMA) has reported 2012’s automobile sales fell by 33 percent compared to the previous year.

(VOV) - 2013 is forecast to be a difficult year for Vietnam’s rice exports as competition from other global rice producers such as Thailand, India, Pakistan and Myanmar intensifies.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked the Vietnam National Coal - Mining Industries Group (Vinacomin) to settle inventories at the beginning of the year.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Finance is keeping a close watch on market prices to forestall any illegal commodity hoarding and price hikes in the lead up to the traditional lunar New Year (Tet) festival.