• 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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• How to maintain growth and control inflation
  How to maintain growth and control inflation
  

  

  In the first half of this year, the Vietnamese economy posted a positive growth rate of 3.9 percent and the inflation rate was only 10 percent over the same period last year. However, economic analysts are concerned about the danger of inflation rising in the remaining months of the year.
  07/07
• Prices slightly increase in some supermarkets
  Prices slightly increase in some supermarkets
  

  

  The prices of some products in supermarkets may rise by the end of July due to the increase in petrol prices.
  07/07
• Government adopts action plan to develop services
  Government adopts action plan to develop services
  

  The Government has set four key tasks for the 2009-2011 period with a focus on finance, customs, securities, legal service, arbitration trade reconciliation, transport, science and technology, information and communications, human resources development and construction.
  07/07
• Government adopts action plan to develop services
  Government adopts action plan to develop services
  

  The Government has set four key tasks for the 2009-2011 period with a focus on finance, customs, securities, legal service, arbitration trade reconciliation, transport, science and technology, information and communications, human resources development and construction.
  07/07
• ANZ: Vietnam’s growth of 4.5 percent
  ANZ: Vietnam’s growth of 4.5 percent
  

  The ANZ Bank has released a report on the development of Vietnam and some regional countries and territories, with Vietnam’s growth rate estimated at 4.5 percent.
  07/07