• First cashew trading floor opens in Binh Phuoc
  First cashew trading floor opens in Binh Phuoc
  

  

  The first electronic cashew trading floor, sponsored by Saccombank, opened on March 20 in Dong Xoai town, Binh Phuoc province in the hope of making Vietnam become one of the world’s leading cashew exporters in 2010 with a turnover of US$1 billion.
  20/03
• Qatar to invest in rice production in Vietnam
  Qatar to invest in rice production in Vietnam
  

  Qatar plans to invest US$1 billion in a project to grow high quality rice on 25,000ha in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.
  20/03
• Vietnam promotes trade cooperation with Myanmar
  Vietnam promotes trade cooperation with Myanmar
  

  

  Vietnam is making efforts to promote trade cooperation with Myanmar as the country is emerging as a potential import market.
  20/03
• Housing and Urban Development Group to debut next week
  Housing and Urban Development Group to debut next week
  

  

  The Vietnam Housing and Urban Development Holdings (HUD) Group will make its debut on March 24 following the Prime Minister’s decision, says the HUD Company’s General Director, Nguyen Dang Nam.
  20/03
• Hanoi’s industrial production rebounds
  Hanoi’s industrial production rebounds
  

  The value of Hanoi’s industrial production saw a 21.6 percent increase in March, bringing the figure in the first quarter to 12.4 percent.
  20/03

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• 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
• The world’s most modern coffee processing plant under construction in Dak Lak
  The world’s most modern coffee processing plant under construction in Dak Lak
  

  

  The Trung Nguyen Coffee Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for the world’s most modern coffee processing plant in the central highland province of Dak Lak on June 9.
  09/06
• Air-conditioner sales heat up with the weather
  Air-conditioner sales heat up with the weather
  

  

  As hot weather has ‘scorched’ Hanoi and many cities and provinces across the country, Hanoians have been driven into a buying frenzy, seeking ways to cool down.
  09/06