(VOV) - The Vietnam-Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed on May 29 is expected to offer vast opportunities for businesses operating in Vietnam’s garment and textile industry.

Vietnam’s Aroma and Intensity coffees produced by the Sobica Joint Stock Company were recognised at the first international roasted coffee competition in France. 

The Vietnamese retail market, analysts say, is still being over-estimated by investors. 

(VOV) - Soon after Vietnam signed a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union EEU, domestic steel businesses are likely to compete fiercely with foreign rivals, especially those from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States which are enjoying zero duties.

Automobile manufacturers and importers in Vietnam have protested a new proposal from the Ministry of Finance which seeks to change how luxury tax on cars is calculated.

Although listed among the top 10 textile and garment exporters worldwide, Vietnam is seeing its domestic market increasingly controlled by foreign brands.

The Vietnam Competition Authority's 2014 Annual Report says that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have gathered pace in most industries.

The Vietnam National Coal – Mineral Industries (Vinacomin) sold 3.2 million tonnes of coal in June, raising the six-month figure to 17.7 million tonnes. 

(VOV) - Dr Ivan Misner, founder and chairman of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization, will be in Hanoi on June 28 for a networking conference with 700 Vietnamese entrepreneurs. 

(VOV) - Hugh Borrowman, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, welcomed this exciting development for Vietnamese lychee growers.

Luc Ngan lychee of the northern province of Bac Giang sold well in supermarkets in Paris and southern Toulouse city, as provided by Thanh Binh Jeune Import-Export company. 

The battle among the big players in the coffee market has not gone the way people have predicted. All of them have been winners.

The foreign exchange market might face uncertainty with relatively increased pressure in the medium and long term, according to a research group of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV). 

What economists have warned about is coming true: registered steel projects have not been implemented as promised.

The supply of retail space in Vietnam’s largest city may double in the next three years, with major projects in the eastern section of the city, accompanied by new residential areas and a new Metro route.

More than 17,920 cars were sold in Vietnam in May, which were fewer than the month before, but still higher than the same period last year.

Commercial banks which have not listed their shares on the bourse by the end of 2016 may be forced to undergo restructuring or merge with other institutions.

The Vietnamese brewery market is dominated by three major players. However, the face of the market may be change in the near future as a new company has arrived.

Nguyen Hoang Minh, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the State Bank of Vietnam, shares with VIR’s Thuy Vinh the city’s inward remittance picture during January-May and its growth perspective in 2015.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai ordered preparations to be made to boost the distribution and consumption of biofuel E5 RON 92 nationwide.

Local retail electricity price will be adjusted under a market mechanism by 2016, said Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang.

(VOV) - Roughly 5,384 tonnes of fresh lychee valued at US$850,374 were exported to China via the Tan Thanh border gate over the past 20 days.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Construction has forecast that sales of cement and clinker in Vietnam will jump on-year by up to 4% to 74 million tonnes in 2015, of which domestic sales will be 54 million tonnes and exports 20 million tonnes.

(VOV) - Vingroup has announced the launch of retail specialty stores BeautyZone, Sportsworld, ShoeCenter and Fashion MegaStore boasting an impressive assortment of fashion and accessories.

(VOV) - The first batch of Vietnamese litchi weighing about 3 tonnes will be shipped to Australia on June 10. 

The competitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural products, including seafood, is decreasing in the global market, leading to a sharp fall in exports, experts warn.

(VOV) - Twelve Vietnamese shrimp farmers have been certified as having achieved four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status for shrimp or any species, the Global Aquaculture Alliance has announced.

The increasing number of giant US companies pouring money into Vietnam recently is likely to make the country the leading investor in Vietnam in the near future, reported Dau tu online. 

The Central Highlands’ pepper market has heated up with the presence of Chinese businessmen who are scrambling to compete with Vietnamese to buy pepper.

(VOV) - Hong Kong has temporarily stopped importing poultry and poultry products from Vietnam for fear of the avian flu (H5N1 and H5N6) that is occurring in Dak Lak and Dak Nong provinces.