(VOV) -Market prices are likely to increase  by 10% during the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, according to the Hanoi Municipal Department for Industry and Trade.

(VOV) - The fisheries sector plans to break into its potential markets such as the US, EU, Japan and South Africa to increase its exports.

(VOV) - Many Vietnamese products will enjoy zero import tariffs in the Chilean market as soon as the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries takes effect as of January 1, 2014.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s exports to Germany had reached more than US$4.3 billion by the end of November, up 15.8% against the same period last year.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Trade Promotion Agency and the Netherlands Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) hosted a December 20 seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on Vietnamese agricultural and food product exports to Europe.

(VOV) -A trade promotion seminar in Hanoi on December 19 heard Vietnam-ASEAN trade is expected to reach US$75 billion this year, including US$35 billion worth of Vietnamese exports.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s trade deficit with China increased from US$210 million in 2001 to US$16 billion in 2012.

(VOV) - Vietnam is on track to bring inflation under control this year, rising just 6% over 2012 – a record low in the past 10 years, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) leader.  

(VOV) - Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) official Vo Ta Luong has said learning more about the US market—Vietnam’s biggest exporter— and Chile—a gateway to Latin America – will help businesses with trade promotion and market development.

(VOV) -The auto market is expecting a busier end to 2012 as demand increases ahead of the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

(VOV) - Vietnam’s exports to Mexico are estimated at US$1.386 billion this year, a year-on-year increase of more than 20%, according to statistics from the Mexican Ministry of Economy.

(VOV) - Despite domestic and global economic difficulties, Vietnam – US trade in 2013 continued to grow steadily. 

(VOV) - Mollusk exports to most markets over the past 11 months have earned US$63.565 million- a slight fall from last year’s same period figure. 

(VOV) -Despite Vietnam experiencing a period of positive economic growth towards the end of 2013, the National Financial Supervision Commission (NFSC) predicts local businesses will continue to face tough challenges in the coming year due to their tight budgets.

(VOV) - A Mexican Rice Council (CMA) leader has said his country is considering importing rice from Vietnam to meet domestic demand.

(VOV) -Exchange rates will see no further adjustments to year’s end, announced on December 6 by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

A number of real estate companies and experts were quoted by New York Times as saying that Vietnam’s beleaguered property market is bottoming out just as macroeconomic indicators stabilise and the Party makes new pledges to reform a struggling and corruption-riddled banking sector. 

Vietnam ranks 13th out of 175 countries for the fastest growing in drug spending, according to the Business Monitor International – an independent provider of proprietary data, analysis, rating, and ranking.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s total trade turnover with Africa, West Asia, and South Asia was estimated at US$14.8 billion by the end of October, with exports increasing by 46% to US$9.7 billion and imports by 22.7% to US$5.07 billion.

The Mekong delta province of An Giang will export its main products to the Netherlands, under a memorandum of understanding inked on December 2.

(VOV) - Retail gas prices will increase VND80,000 to VND475,000-485,000 per 12kg canister from December 1, their highest level since February 2012.

(VOV) - Two-way trade value between Vietnam and Finland totalled US$304 million in 2012 and both countries aim to raise the amount to US$1 billion in the coming years.

(VOV) -Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC Bank) has disposed Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) for US$55.5 million, according to the Singapore Business Review.

Government agencies, consumers, manufacturers and the entire community should work together to fight phony or counterfeit products, delegates told a conference in HCM City on November 27.

The country's total retail sales and service revenue in the first 11 months of this year reached VND2,386 trillion (US$113 billion), the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.

(VOV) - Vietnamese businesses have beat their Thailand and Cambodian rivals in a bid to supply 500,000 tonnes of 25% broken rice to the Philippines, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

(VOV) - Vietnam and Thailand are each other’s key trade partners and they have great potential for strengthening their trade ties. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s exports to the Republic of Korea reached a staggering US$5.49 billion in the first 10 months of 2013, showing an increase of 21% year on year.  

(VOV) -Gold prices on the domestic market have declined sharply to around VND35.7 million/tael – a record low since June 28. However, they are still VND4.2 million/tael higher than those on the global market.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.34% in November against the previous month and 5.78% from a year ago, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).