• Vietnam-Singapore trade increases sharply
  Vietnam-Singapore trade increases sharply
  

  

  Bilateral trade between Vietnam and Singapore has increased by fivefold to more than SGD50 billion since the two countries signed a framework agreement to connect their economies in 2005.
  13/03
• 2010 Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival to kick off
  2010 Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival to kick off
  

  The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has agreed to a plan to organise the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in 2010 in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak.
  13/03
• US releases shrimp probe results
  US releases shrimp probe results
  

  

  The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has announced preliminary results from the fourth administrative review on Vietnamese warmwater shrimp imported to the country from February 1, 2008 through January 31, 2010, says the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
  13/03
• Vietnamese businesses to take part in int’l seafood show
  Vietnamese businesses to take part in int’l seafood show
  

  

  Member businesses of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) will take part in the International Boston Seafood Show in the US from March 14-16.
  13/03
• Border trade fair opens in Lang Son to promote trade
  Border trade fair opens in Lang Son to promote trade
  

  A trade fair 2010 kicked off in the northern border province ò Lang Son on March 12 in response to the “Vietnamese use Vietnamese goods” campaign.
  13/03

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• 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
• VNPT to join Asia’s optical cable system
  VNPT to join Asia’s optical cable system
  

  The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) will join eight other Asian telecommunications corporations to build an optical cable system linking several important economies in the region.
  26/05