(VOV) - The Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) earned US$2.6 billion from exports in 2012, a year-on-year increase of 16 percent.

(VOV) - Japan has become a lucrative market for Vietnamese exporters as it annually needs nearly 200,000 tonnes of rice.

(VOV) - Vietnamese dried fruit manufacturer Vinamit has won a four-year lawsuit against its former Chinese distributor who stole its brand name for the dried jackfruit chip product in China.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a development strategy aimed at raising the level of national reserves to 1.5 percent of GDP by 2020.

A tendency for offices in HCM City to move back to the downtown area was discernible in 2012, according to leading commercial real estate services provider Cushman & Wakefield. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to 49.3 in December, according to the latest report by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

(VOV) - A plan to support the crippling stock market was submitted to the Finance Ministry on January 2.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese shrimp farming industry has operated according to the market mechanism for years, and it does not receive any government subsidies.

(VOV) - The Prime Minister has recently shown the government’s resolve to keep 2013’s inflation at 6 percent – a task that will entail overcoming a variety of challenges, according to Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh.

(VOV) - National Financial Supervisory Committee Deputy Head Dr Le Xuan Nghia has said the majority of  bad debts are currently owed by select commercial banks because of inadequate emergency reserves.