(VOV) - Traditionally, cattle were not reared for their meat in Vietnam but were principally draught animals, culled and used for food at the end of their useful working lives.

An international conference was held in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on July 16 to discuss measures to improve the Vietnamese sugar industry’s competitiveness competency as Vietnam and neighbouring countries are speeding up the regional integration process. 

(VOV) - The eighth Vietnam International Electrical Technology and Equipment Exhibition (Vietnam ETE) and the fifth International Exhibition on Power Saving Products and Green Energies (Enertec Expo) will take place at Tan Binh Exhibition Centre in Ho Chi Minh city from July 22-25.

(VOV) - A recent inspection acknowledged that all kinds of Lam Dong’s Oolong tea exported to Taiwan meet quality standards.

(VOV) - The Vietnam cashew industry stands to lose billions of US dollars as a result of the failure to establish a framework to assure product safety of internationally traded foodstuffs.  

(VOV) - Chairman of the Australian Livestock Export Corporation Ltd David Galvin will meet with representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) this July 24-25 in regards to increasing live cattle exports for slaughter.

The National Audit Report for the 2014 fiscal year was announced in Hanoi on July 11 by the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV).

(VOV) - Vietnamese companies seeking access to American markets face a tough screening process, as the US health watchdog FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has imposed strict requirements on imports say government officials.

Minh Hung Co., New Star Land, and VietHousing Co., the authorised agents of Vinhomes Royal City, are going to open a grand sales event of luxury apartments at Vinhomes Royal City July 11 in Hanoi.

Some economic experts and officials have expressed concerns over the possible return of a real estate bubble in the coming years. Nguyen Van Duc, vice chairman of the HCMC Real Estate Association, granted an exclusive interview to the Saigon Times Daily.

Hanoi recorded an economic growth rate of 7.8% in the first half of 2015 – the fastest pace in the same period of the last four years, revealed the 13th sitting of the 14th municipal People’s Council. 

Local exporters are seeing their products exported to the European market less competitive as the euro has dipped against the US dollar due to the Greece debt crisis.

The Vietnamese Government was considering a project to build a wholesale agricultural market worth billions of US dollars, said an official of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Korcham Vietnam)

(VOV) - The 14th International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools and Metalworking Exhibition and Conference opened at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre on July 7, attracting nearly 350 businesses from 20 countries.

(VOV) - The Turkish Ministry of Economy is conducting investigations on mobile phones imported into the country in order to impose safeguard duties.

Shinsegae Corporation, the parent firm of Emart hypermarket system, soon to be opened in Vietnam, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Vietnam Children’s Protection Fund to establish the first Hope Toy Library in HCM City.

(VOV) - A ceremony to hand over the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to Vietnam Airlines by Boeing company was held at Ronald Reagan Airport on July 7 in the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong who is in the US for an official visit.

Businesses are now gearing up with their production plans, preparing for the year-end high sales season, anticipating an increase in purchasing power.

Lifting the foreign ownership cap will pave the way for Vietnam to achieve the much sought-after “Emerging Market” status.

The privatisation of businesses in the construction sector has been accelerated to complete the target for equitising its 19 firms nationwide.

With major foreign phone makers expanding production, Vietnam’s mobile phone industry posted strong growth in the first half of this year, the latest figures show.

Vietnam should build a market institution for the electricity sector if the country wants to build a competitive power market, experts said.

(VOV) - Vietnam International Motor Show 2015 is set to get underway at Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Centre in Hanoi on October 10-13.

There will not be many foreign homebuyers who immediately jump into the Vietnamese market as soon as a new policy allowing them to do so takes effect, said an expert from US-owned realty consultant firm CBRE Vietnam.

The national flagship carrier Vietnam Airlines held a ceremony on July 2 to receive its first Airbus 350-900 aircraft and announce its upgrade service quality programme and new brand identifying system, marking a major step in bringing the airline into the international arena. 

(VOV) - National Citizen Commercial Joint Stock Bank (NCB) has been honoured by the United Kingdoms Global Banking and Finance Review for “Most Innovative Retail Bank Vietnam 2015” and “Most Innovative Bank for Enterprise Culture Vietnam 2015”.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s cement consumption rose by 6% for the first half of this year to 34.16 million tonnes, meeting 47.4% of this year’s plan.

A staggering 16,500 apartments in HCMC were sold in the first half of this year, reports of CBRE Vietnam show.

Novaland Group launched a programme called “the 100 first apartments for Vietnamese overseas and foreigners” on July 1, the day the revised Law on Housing takes effect. 

(VOV) - Vincom Ngo Quyen commercial centre officially opened in central Danang city on June 30.