• 180 businesses participate in 2010 ILDEX
  180 businesses participate in 2010 ILDEX
  

  

  Approximately180 leading businesses from 22 countries and territories will attend the third International Livestock and Dairy Expo (ILDEX), scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from March 25-27.
  18/03
• Vietnamese products sell well in Cambodia
  Vietnamese products sell well in Cambodia
  

  

  A representative of the Department for Trade Promotion says market share for Vietnamese products in Cambodia increased sharply in the first quarter of 2010.
  18/03
• Tourism sector sets sights on Russian market
  Tourism sector sets sights on Russian market
  

  The Vietnamese tourism sector is shifting the focus of its promotional programme onto Russia, says an official from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
  18/03
• South Africa, Vietnam have great potential for trade
  South Africa, Vietnam have great potential for trade
  

  The Republic of South Africa is a potential market for Vietnamese exports such as rice, coffee, tea, pepper, cashew nuts, tropical fruits, textiles and garments, and electronics. In return, South Africa can provide high-quality minerals for Vietnamese mechanical and jewelry industries.
  18/03
• Agreements on Japanese ODA signed in Hanoi
  Agreements on Japanese ODA signed in Hanoi
  

  

  Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha signed 5 agreements on official development assistance (ODA) with the Head of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Monotori Tsuno, in Hanoi on March 18.
  18/03

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• Exports to Spain rise 4.9 percent
  Exports to Spain rise 4.9 percent
  

  Vietnam earned €554.5 million from exports to Spain in the first seven months of this year, up 4.9 percent compared to last year’s same period.
  02/11
• PM allows establishment of private economic groups
  PM allows establishment of private economic groups
  

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed in principle on the setting up of private economic corporations, as proposed by the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Organization (VYEO) during his previous working session with the organization.
  02/11
• Vietnamese businesses in UK hold third congress
  Vietnamese businesses in UK hold third congress
  

  The Vietnamese business community in the UK (VBUK) gathered for its third congress in London on November 1.
  02/11
• Steel prices drop by VND200,000 a tonne
  Steel prices drop by VND200,000 a tonne
  

  

  The southern steel manufacturers decided last week to reduce the steel price by VND200,000 to VND11.19-11.21 million a tonne for steel bars and VND10,75-10.8 million a tonne for rolled steel.
  02/11
• US, Dutch investors pour funds into food processor
  US, Dutch investors pour funds into food processor
  

  Private investment group Texas Pacific and Denmark’s BankInvest have agreed to inject a combined total of US$50 million in Vietnam’s Masan Group.
  02/11