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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.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi on early May 29 morning to attend a signing ceremony on a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasia Economic Union in Kazakhstan.

Construction firm Keangnam Enterprises Inc. of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has been given the green light by the Seoul Central District Court on May 27 to sell a skyscraper in Hanoi in a bid to handle its liquidity

Vietnam’s first trade promotion office in China was inaugurated in Chong Qing city on May 28.

Cat Bi Airport in Haiphong City had to close for about 24 hours after its runway cracked in the summer heat.

Vietnamese authorities have arrested 4,000 cases of trading in knock off products, mainly fake electronics products, liquor, medicines and other goods, law enforcement officials have announced.