(VOV) - Dunkin' Donuts, an American global doughnut company and coffeehouse chain based in Canton, Massachusetts, has opened a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, marking its debut in Vietnam.

Information security awareness among Vietnamese enterprises has gradually increased and they have started to recognise the importance of investing in information security.

Vietnam’s tuna products shipped to the European market rose 31% in the first nine months of this year to US$106 million, while exports to other major markets showed a decline. 

(VOV) - Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) Director Do Thang Hai believes successfully negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea will facilitate trade between the two nations.

Credit institutions have restructured nearly VND300 trillion (US$13.63 billion) in debts, accounting for 10 percent of total outstanding loans.

(VOV) -Many Swedish businesses have expressed their keen interest in the Vietnamese market, especially in the fields of banking, financing, recycle technology, transport, and support industry.

(VOV) -Discover Financial Services (DFS) of the US and Smartlink Card., JSC, a leading domestic payments network in Vietnam, has announced a strategic alliance to expand the card payment network in the country.

(VOV) -It is forecast that there will be many challenges for real estate businesses to overcome in the coming time.

(VOV) - The steel industry, which is currently struggling to maintain production and settle its excess inventory, is seeking capital for its incomplete projects.

Domestic enterprises are still able to compete in Vietnam's increasingly competitive retail market, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) official.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Finance has warned Vietnam’s inflation rate could rise during the last months of 2013, compounded by the bad debts of credit organisations destined to remain outstanding.

(VOV) - Twenty-four Vietnamese businesses were among the 1,400 representatives of 64 countries attending the 31st Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2013).

(VOV) - The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has announced the US recently overtook Japan to become the world’s biggest importer of Vietnamese shrimp.

(VOV) - Footwear businesses are busy with a number of new contracts. Their exports are expected to hit a record high of US$8 billion this year.

(VOV) - ÆON, Japan's single-largest shopping mall developer and operator, will open its shopping mall in HCM City on January 1, 2014, to break into Vietnam’s lucrative retail market.

(VOV) - The first international hi-tech agriculture and food processing fair will be held at Le Van Tam Park in HCM City from December 11-15.

(VOV) - They showed a 7.3% increase from a year earlier, with the October shipments estimated at US$680 million (up 14%) and the third-quarter value at more than US$1.9 billion (up 17.4%).

More than 1,000 stands of products will be set up in various venues across Hanoi, opening the biggest trade promotion month in the capital city. 

The HCM City Stock Exchange (HOSE) was officially welcomed as a new member of the World Federation of Exchanges, at the federation's annual meeting held in Mexico on October 30.

MK Smart Joint Stock Company under the MK Group has been recognised as Vietnam's first high-tech enterprise by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

(VOV) -Vietnam’s seafood exports to Brazil remain at a modest rate, accounting for 1.8% of its total export volume. Even so many local businesses plan to boost exports to this market which has an average annual growth of 26%.

(VOV) - Vietnam will become one of the world’s third fastest growing aviation markets, according to Lianhe Zaobao (United Morning) newspaper in its October 23 edition.

(VOV) - By the end of September, India had had 24 projects worth US$5.16 million in HCM City.

The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has decided to issue its second batch of special bonds to help handle bad debts for several banks, the State Bank announced on October 18.

(VOV) - Vietnam has become an attractive destination for Italia’s leading footwear companies to build factories, according to Italian daily newspaper Sole 24 ore.

(VOV) -Credit organizations forecast that the October consumer price index (CPI) will rise just 0.76% compared to the September figure of 1.06%.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) reports the domestic auto industry sold 9,785 units in September, a 24% improvement on August and 28% more than a year earlier.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has taken first steps towards addressing the banking system’s non-performing loan (NPL) problem to support economic recovery efforts.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s tuna exports to ASEAN countries hit US$20.798 million in the first seven months of this year, up 1.3% compared to the same period last year.

WHO and UNICEF have warned that Vietnamese children’s health could be at risk because of inappropriate labelling and marketing of breast milk substitutes on sale.