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The free trade agreement (FTA) between Viet Nam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will create more export opportunities for some of Viet Nam's agricultural, industrial and processed products.

An illegal hotel complex under construction in central Ha Tinh Province is threatening the integrity of a nearby dam, but local authorities are dodging responsibility.

Danang authorities are tightening control over coastal development, with the cancellation of projects that have been proceeding too slowly or are stalled.

Vietnames consumers spent well over half a billion US dollars on smartphones in the first quarter of this year, data from a market tracker shows.

Furniture executives from around the globe are knocking at the door of Vietnam, a rapidly emerging supplier for high quality and some of the least expensive woodwork exports on the global market.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will release a master plan for the development of the macadamia industry by the end of this year.

PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (ticker GAS), engaged in the oil and gas refining and marketing industry, was ranked number one on Forbes top 50 Vietnamese companies list.

Vietnam has developed an early warning system of anti-dumping cases for 12 goods categories, as released during a conference held on June 3 in Ho Chi Minh City.

More and more private investors are pouring money into the infrastructure development sector, which the State dominated until 2012.

Vietnam notified the WTO Secretariat on 1 June 2015 that it has initiated new dispute proceedings against Indonesia regarding its imposition of a safeguard measure on imports of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel.

Vietjet Thailand, the first air transport joint venture between Vietnam and Thailand, has said that it would open more new routes to Vietnam.

Children's toy sales showed signs of decline on International Children's Day, June 1, due largely to the lack of diversity in items and the lack of spending power of parents.

The State Bank of Vietnam will keep the fluctuation of the VND/USD exchange rate at a maximum of 2 percent in 2015, despite the fact that the rate has already been adjusted by 1 percent twice this year.

Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have chopped down some of the area's most essential crops, coffee and rubber, to make room for the possibly more lucrative black pepper plant.

The free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasia Economic Union was signed in Burabai, Kazakhstan on May 29 after more than two years of negotiation, opening up a new chapter in the partnership.

Deposit interest rates are set to rise as growth rate of deposits has been lower than that of credit, according to a report from the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC).

There is a risk in Vietnam of expecting too much in the way of improved international competitiveness from technology transfer from foreign invested enterprises, according to Christian Brix Moller, the Danish Ambassador to Vietnam.

After more than a decade of negotiations, the first shipments of litchi left Vietnam May 30 for the US and another head for Australia next month.

Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) yesterday signed a free trade agreement (FTA) that officials said would boost both individual and collective co-operation between the two sides.