The Department of Market Management under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Cooperative Vereniging SNB–REACT U.A (React), an anti-counterfeit network in Vietnam, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in combating fake goods and enforcing intellectual property rights. 

(VOV) - The Indian Ministry of Finance has decided not to impose safeguard duties on cold rolled flat products of stainless steel imported from Vietnam and some other countries.

Vietnam's car and part manufacturers say the newly-approved automobile development strategy won't succeed unless the government offers more tax and credit incentives to local car producers which are struggling amid fierce competition from imported products.

PVI Sun Life has officially launched three new insurance products designed specifically for the Vietnamese market.

Great effort is required by the domestic pharmaceutical companies to expand their share in the medicine market, which is currently largely dominated by imported drugs.

Hoang Hai turned his back on a Vietnamese business that was headed for bankruptcy and became a driving instructor instead. Now he is riding a wave of interest in car ownership as the country's trend-setting middle class swaps two wheels for four.

(VOV) - There is a growing realization that the housing market with its vast array of housing projects is heating up and driving up real estate prices in an unsustainable fashion.

The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) has lifted the import ban on Vietnamese tra fish, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Department of Animal Health (DAH). 

Both northern and southern shares ended in red after the trading session closed on March 9.

Deposit interest rates are set to fall across the board for the local banking sector, including a prediction that there should be a cut in a open-market operations interest rates to at least 4.5 % a year by the end of 2015. 

(VOV) - Two month- exports of dragon fruits, rambutans, mangoes and longans to the four demanding markets-the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and New Zealand swelled 25.8% to 945 tonnes.

(VOV) - Prices of flowers during this year’s International Women’s Day (March 8) have gone up sharply by 10-20% due to an inadequate supply of fresh flowers, especially in the larger cities.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan have been defined as the primary markets of Hanoi’s tourism thanks to their high growth in the number of arrivals to the capital.

(VOV) - The price of RON92 petrol dropped at 4.30pm on January 6 by VND310 per litre, the Ministry of Finance and Industry and Trade has announced.

(VOV) - Samsung, Intel, LG Electronics, Panasonic and Microsoft's handset units are just a few of the leading global tech firms to have relocated manufacturing to Vietnam over the past few years.

(VOV) - The US has become the biggest importer of Vietnam, with two-way trade turnover reaching approximately US$28.5 billion in 2014, up 19.6% compared to last year’s figure.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on ministries and other Government agencies to tighten market controls and take steps to ensure social safety and security during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays in 2015.

The Xmas market has been bustling in every corner of the capital Hanoi, seeing a flood of made-in-Vietnam goods.

(VOV) - Vietnam imported 9,860 CBU (Completely Built Unit) automobiles worth more than US$200 million in November, rising by 30.2% compared to the previous month, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

(VOV) - Mexican multinational group Home Depot wants to import 18 types of products from Vietnam, including construction materials, home appliances, wooden furniture, electrical tools, umbrellas, and so on.

Vietnam's cement consumption increased 6% year-on-year to touch 53.22 million tonnes in the first ten months of 2014, according to the Construction Ministry's Building Material Department. 

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) cut its retail prices for a number of fuel types nationwide from 18:00 on October 23. 

(VOV) - The Hanoi consumer price index (CPI) for October rose 0.04% against September and by 2.72% compared to the same period last year, according to the Municipal Statistics Office.

(VOV) - Vietnam exports to France more than doubled in the last four years, elevating it the third largest trade partner importing the Made-in-Vietnam brand of the European Union (EU).

(VOV) - Modern retail will boom and be a driving force for the development of the country’s retail sector, experts said at a seminar in Hanoi on October 13.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s wood and timber exports jumped 13.5% to US$4.41 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

(VOV) - Fresh litchi is all but on its way Downunder as the Australian Government is finalising its approval, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Australia. 

Ho Chi Minh City recorded a rise in its Consumption Price Index (CPI) in September 2014, the municipal Statistics Office revealed on September 22.

(VOV) - Germany is considered Vietnam’s biggest trade partner in the Europe, accounting for 20% of the Southeast Asian nation’s total exports to the European Union, and a gateway to other EU markets.

(VOV) - Office rental fees in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City averaged US$42 and US$48 per square metre, respectively during the first half of the year and were higher than comparable space in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Manila (the Philippines).