• Vietnam-Singapore trade increases sharply
  Vietnam-Singapore trade increases sharply
  

  

  Bilateral trade between Vietnam and Singapore has increased by fivefold to more than SGD50 billion since the two countries signed a framework agreement to connect their economies in 2005.
  13/03
• 2010 Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival to kick off
  2010 Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival to kick off
  

  The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has agreed to a plan to organise the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in 2010 in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak.
  13/03
• US releases shrimp probe results
  US releases shrimp probe results
  

  

  The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has announced preliminary results from the fourth administrative review on Vietnamese warmwater shrimp imported to the country from February 1, 2008 through January 31, 2010, says the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
  13/03
• Vietnamese businesses to take part in int’l seafood show
  Vietnamese businesses to take part in int’l seafood show
  

  

  Member businesses of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) will take part in the International Boston Seafood Show in the US from March 14-16.
  13/03
• Border trade fair opens in Lang Son to promote trade
  Border trade fair opens in Lang Son to promote trade
  

  A trade fair 2010 kicked off in the northern border province ò Lang Son on March 12 in response to the “Vietnamese use Vietnamese goods” campaign.
  13/03

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• VNPT to join Asia’s optical cable system
  VNPT to join Asia’s optical cable system
  

  The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) will join eight other Asian telecommunications corporations to build an optical cable system linking several important economies in the region.
  26/05
• Price of steel rises by VND350,000 per tonne
  Price of steel rises by VND350,000 per tonne
  

  The Vietnam Steel Corporation on May 25 increased the price of steel in the South by VND350,000 per tonne for rolled steel and VND150,000 per tonne for bar steel.
  26/05
• Donors to review Vietnam's development in June
  Donors to review Vietnam's development in June
  

  

  The Consultative Group (CG) for Vietnam will hold its informal mid-year review meeting on June 8-9, 2009 in Buon Ma Thuot City in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak.
  26/05
• Five-month FDI drops by 76.3 percent due to recession
  Five-month FDI drops by 76.3 percent due to recession
  

  Vietnam attracted just US$6.68 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first five months of 2009, a year-on-year fall of 76.3 percent, due to the impact of the global financial crisis.
  26/05
• VinaPhone slashes Yahoo!SMS messaging service charge
  VinaPhone slashes Yahoo!SMS messaging service charge
  

  VinaPhone has become the first mobile phone service provider to slash Yahoo!SMS service charges from May 1- October 31.
  26/05