• 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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• Vietsovpetro celebrates 180th millionth tonne of crude oil
  Vietsovpetro celebrates 180th millionth tonne of crude oil
  

  

  Vietsovpetro, an oil and gas joint venture between Vietnam and Russia has just pumped its 180th millionth tonne of crude oil from the Rong (Dragon) and Bach Ho (White Tiger) fields at 1pm on June 9.
  10/06
• Vietnam air services win int’l award
  Vietnam air services win int’l award
  

  

  The Vietnam Air Transport Company has won an award from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for being the most improved air service supplier.
  10/06
• Vietnamese, RoK ports to strengthen ties
  Vietnamese, RoK ports to strengthen ties
  

  The Mayor of Busan, the largest seaport in the Republic of Korea (RoK), has underlined his support for setting up better communications between Saigon Port and Busan Port.
  10/06
• Central region attracts two more tourism projects
  Central region attracts two more tourism projects
  

  The Saigon Investment Group (SGI) and US-based Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide signed an agreement on June 9 putting into action two tourism projects with a combined investment capital of US$140 million in central Danang city and the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.
  10/06
• Credit contract signed for petrol storage facility
  Credit contract signed for petrol storage facility
  

  Vietnam’s four major banks have agreed to provide credits worth US$77.5 million with a grace period of two years for the nation’s first bonded warehouse for petrol.
  10/06