The October Purchasing Managers Index rose to 50.1, just above the waterline of 50 and up from the previous month's 49.5, but at that level the manufacturing momentum remains sluggish, according to a monthly report from HSBC.

(VOV) - Vietnam is tightening its trade laws to protect its domestic market in light of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and a number of other free trade agreements in the offing, said Deputy Head Nguyen Thanh Nam of the Vietnam Competition Authority.

Vietnam and the other 11 members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement released the full text of the pact in English on November 5 (Hanoi time).

Belgium pledges to increase assistance projects for Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City, in particular in health care, human resources training, and waste treatment.

Sustainable growth of industrial exports was featured at a seminar held in Hanoi on November 5. 

The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on November 5 signed an agreement to secure a five-year loan worth US$200 million from the China Development Bank (CDB).

The general director of the low-cost air carrier Jetstar Pacific (JPA) Le Hong Ha said the airline has recorded a profit for the first time after three years of operation.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on November 3 launched criminal proceeding against and arrested Tran Van Khuong, former chief accountant of the Vinashin Ocean Shipping Company (Vinashinlines).

(VOV) - Retail Asia Publishing and Euromonitor International Ltd has unveiled top 500 leading retailers in the Asia-Pacific region in 2015 and honoured local phone retailer The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World Co. Ltd.) as Vietnam’s top ten retailers in the field of electronics and mobile communications. 

(VOV) - AEON Mall Long Bien welcomed 170,000 visitors last weekend, Shigeru Furuki, general director of AEON Mall Long Bien told the press.