(VOV) - Economists have outlined three alternative scenarios for the national economy in 2013, each extrapolated from the hypothetical GDP growth rates of 5, 5.68 and 6.34 percent.

Intel Vietnam Corporation has won the 2012 Award for Corporate Excellence after beating 82 nominated businesses from around the world.

(VOV) - Vietnam and Mongolia have exchanged diplomatic notes on mutual recognition of their full market economy status.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked ministries and agencies to stabilize the prices of essential commodities during the coming traditional New Year Festival (Tet).

(VOV) - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are in need of further assistance from the Government’s macroeconomic policies.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked foreign exporters to strictly adhere to its Circular 13, ensuring food hygiene and safety for local consumers.

(VOV) - The domestic gold price has fallen below VND47 million per tael but remains higher than that of the global market.

(VOV) -More than 60 representatives from a number of the Asia-Pacific region’s stock exchanges attended the 8th Asia-Pacific New Market Forum in the central Khanh Hoa province on November 30.

(VOV) - Leading economists believe lending interest rates should be maintained at 11 percent per year, and preferential loans granted to private businesses.

(VOV) - Vietnam has so far this year attracted US$12.181 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI), with more than half pouring in newly-licensed projects.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) continued cooling down in November due to weak purchasing power, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(VOV) - Vietnamese coffee prices have enjoyed a constant rise since last year and are likely to continue upwards in the future, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

(VOV) - The Tra (pangasius) fish industry will achieve its target of 10 percent of output meeting Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standards by the end of this year, a conference heard in HCM City on November 21.

(VOV) - Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.22 percent in November against the previous month, or 6.67 percent from a year earlier, according to the Municipal Statistics Office.

Exporting to the EU market is predicted to be harder next year and growth will be reduced to only 10 percent against this year's 20 percent estimation, said Dang Hoang Hai, director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's European Market Department.

(VOV) -On the morning of  November 20, domestic gold rose by nearly VND200,000 from the previous  transaction to VND47.3 million per tael.

(VOV) -Last month saw some 7,998 units sold, up 4 percent over September but down 21 percent against the same month of last year, according to the Vietnam Auto Manufacturers Association (VAMA).

(VOV) - Domestic gold dropped to VND46.97 million/tael on November 13.

(VOV) - The retail price of A92 petrol was cut by VND500 to VND23,150 per litre as of 18.00 pm on November 11.

(VOV) - Vietnam expects to produce 955,000 tonnes of natural rubber by the end of this year, to surpass Malaysia to rank third among the world’s largest rubber exporters.

(VOV) - Many businesses have asked the Government to help them with economic stimulus packages similar to the one it offered three years ago.

(VOV) -The domestic gold price exceeded VND47 million/tael on November 7, following a general rising trend on the global market.

(VOV) -EU enterprises are keen to invest in the Vietnamese market, according to a latest European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) survey.

Following a five-month decline, lending by commercial banks began to expand in June and has now risen 3.3 percent over the same period last year.

(VOV) -The 2012 Annual International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) Global Conference was held in Hanoi on November 5.

Hanoi will be the venue for an international conference to discuss stability of financial market in East Asia from November 27-28.

(VOV) - The State bank governor has claimed responsibility for not having disseminated State policies on gold market management efficiently, causing public misunderstanding and market instability.

(VOV) -Vietnam imported 22,000 CBU (Completely Built Unit) automobiles worth US$498 million in the past ten months, down 45 percent in quantity and 55 percent in value against the same period last year.

Bad debt has decreased by VND36 trillion (US$1.7 billion) thanks to the efforts of debt restructuring, debt payment delay and quittance, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Retail sales of goods and services exceeded VND200.9 trillion (US$9.6 billion) nationwide in October, an increase of 1.3 percent over the previous month, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on October 29.