• Food prices in Hanoi shoot up
  Food prices in Hanoi shoot up
  

  

  A week before Tet, food prices in Hanoi have kept increasing despite the ready availability of food products.
  09/02
• UK trade tipped to increase
  UK trade tipped to increase
  

  Despite lingering global economic problems, two-way trade between Vietnam and the UK is expected to become brisker this year, said Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in the UK AnThe Dung.
  09/02
• Banks to support rice production
  Banks to support rice production
  

  

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has directed ministries, sectors, food corporations and the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) to develop support for this year’s domestic rice production and export activities.
  09/02
• Local businesses keen on Southeast Asian markets
  Local businesses keen on Southeast Asian markets
  

  The Asia-Pacific Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to focus on Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and East Timor in 2010, describing them as traditional export markets in a fix.
  09/02
• Exports to China hit US$16 billion
  Exports to China hit US$16 billion
  

  Vietnam’s exports to China reached US$16 billion in 2009, a year-on-year increase of 5 percent, according to the Vietnam Trade Information Centre.
  09/02

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• Vinacomin completes issuing bonds worth VND1.5 trillion
  Vinacomin completes issuing bonds worth VND1.5 trillion
  

  Citibank Vietnam and the Vietnam Coal-Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) have completed their second issuance of VND1.5 trillion worth of bonds.
  27/05
• 30 more seafood enterprises licensed to export to EU
  30 more seafood enterprises licensed to export to EU
  

  

  The National Agro-forestry and Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (Nafiqad) says that it is speeding up formalities for 30 enterprises eligible to export to the EU market.
  26/05
• Vietnam maintains competitiveness for economic growth
  Vietnam maintains competitiveness for economic growth
  

  The annual meeting of the Asian Competition Forum (ACF) took place in Hanoi on May 26 to discuss the effects of Anti-competitive Activities in Small and Developing Economies.
  26/05
• Mekong Delta’s industrial proportion to rise 40 percent
  Mekong Delta’s industrial proportion to rise 40 percent
  

  

  Provinces in the Mekong Delta will rise the industrial proportions by 40 percent to reach VND130,000 billion in total by 2010.
  26/05
• ANZ becomes operational in Vietnam
  ANZ becomes operational in Vietnam
  

  

  The ANZ Vietnam One-member Limited Liability Bank (ANZ Vietnam) began operating on May 25 with the opening of an exchange in Hanoi and a branch in Ho Chi Minh City.
  26/05