(VOV) - Eighteen Vietnamese businesses will make a fact-finding tour of Alger City, Algeria, from October 18-24, according to the Africa, West Asia and South Asia Department.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s seafood exports in September are estimated at US$558 million, raising the nine-month figure to US$4.61 billion, up 3% against the same period last year.

(VOV) - For the first time in several decades, the State Bank of Vietnam’s exchange rate management has successfully prevented what it terms the ‘dollarisation’ of the national economy.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) over the past nine months has increased by 6.83% year on year, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(VOV) -Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) went up 0.57% in September against the previous month, or 6.68% from a year earlier, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

(VOV) -Recent market surveys show liquid milk products are destined to stand firm on home turf. The consumption of sterilised fresh milk is on the increase when Vietnamese people are better off and aware of the need for adequate nutrition.

(VOV) - Experts warn Vietnamese rice—one of its major export staples– risks losing its competitive advantages on global markets unless a long-term quality improvement strategy is developed as soon as possible.

(VOV) - Abbott Nutrition Vietnam announced it has destroyed all batches of imported milk for children suspected of containing the Clostridium Botulinum germ that may cause muscle paralysis.

(VOV) -Vietnam has imported 22,000 automobiles worth more than US$408 million in the first 8 months of 2013, up 21.9% in volume and 5.7% in value on the comparable period last year.

Vietnam, with a population of around 90 million, strong economic growth and its proximity to China, is one of the more appealing markets in Asia, according to The Australian Financial Review, a leading daily newspaper.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s automobile industry is beset by relatively low rates of domestication and scattered designs.

(VOV) - Vietnam has jumped five notches to 70th among 148 economies listed in the World Economic Forum’s 2013-2014 Global Competitiveness Report.

(VOV) -In a decision entering into effect on September 1, he Vietnamese Ministry of Finance (MoF) lowered the tax rate on exported coal to 10 percent from its previous 13 percent level.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s export revenue from rubber has hit more than US$1.52 billion in the past eight months, representing a year-on-year decrease of 14.1%.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will impose countervailing duties (CVD) on imported vegetable oil as of September 7, 2013.

(VOV) -Many Japanese businesses have expressed keen interest in the long term potential of Vietnam’s real estate market.

(VOV) -The 2013 Vietnam Finance Conference needs to recognise the importance of improving the nation’s macro-economic and financial supervision proficiency in the context of a turbulent market environment.

(VOV) -Vietnam Customs has taken tougher measures to control the import and export of dairy products.

(VOV) - It’s time for the agricultural sector to accelerate its restructuring process to improve product quality and boost farmers’ income, says agricultural minister Cao Duc Phat.

(VOV) - Timber exports to the US, Britain, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea and China are rising rapidly, yet businesses fear that they are not able to cash in on bulk orders.

There will be no adjustment of the foreign exchange (forex) rate at present, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Petrol retailers have reduced their price by VND300 per litre as from 8pm on August 22 at the request of the ministries of Finance and Industry and Trade.

(VOV) - Credit organisations expect 2013’s consumer price index (CPI) to reach 6.77 percent, slightly higher than the Government’s 6–6.5 percent target.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City’s August consumer price index (CPI) nudged up 0.31% from July’s figure and 3.17% on the equivalent timeframe in 2012. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s exports to France hit more than US$1 billion in the first half of this year, up 6.3% on the same period last year.

Business players from home and abroad converged at the 2013 Shape the World conference in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15 to consider how to promote Vietnamese trademarks to the world. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s exports to Belgium have sharply increased in recent years, hitting a record high of US$1.44 billion in 2012.

(VOV) - Vietnam has recalled two more product lines of Abbott infant milk power suspected of Clostridium botulinum bacteria infection.

(VOV) -DiscoRobo, a new-generation hi-tech toy made in Vietnam, will be sold on the domestic market at a cost of VND499,000/unit as of August 25.

Hanoi will provide VND318 billion (roughly US$15 million) in zero-interest loans between July 2013 and April 2014 in a bid to stabilise the price of essential goods.