(VOV) - Exports to the European Union and the US have accounted for 34.6 percent of the country’s total export turnover so far this year.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s GDP growth in 2012 is likely to drop to 5.3 percent from 5.9 percent in 2011, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)’s recent report.

(VOV) - The business confidence index (BCI) fell by 13 points in the third quarter of this year, painting a gloomy picture for the national economy.

(VOV) - Vietnam's trade value with Africa-West-South Asia markets reached US$9.85 billion over the first eight months of this year.

(VOV) - Domestic gold prices have surpassed VND48 million/tael.

(VOV) - The International Furniture and Handicraft Fair 2012 (Expo 2012) opened at the Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on October 3.

Metro Friedrichshain Berlin and Metro Cash & Carry on May 31 launched a nationwide promotion programme called “the Vietnamese product week in Metro Cash & Carry Germany”.

After tumbling to a nine-month record low of VND41 million/tael on May 9, domestic gold prices bounced back to edge up to nearly VND42 million on May 10.

The third session of the 13th National Assembly (NA), scheduled for May 21, will consider a bailout package worth VND29,000 billion (US$1.3 billion) as a solution to save businesses, the Government announced at its regular meeting for April.

The Vietnamese government has made strides in putting its tight monetary policy in place, helping reduce credit demands and inflation, according to HSBC Group.