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A modern hybrid rice research centre was inducted in Nam Dinh Province, which is expected to help mitigate Vietnam’s dependence on imports.

The first four genetically-modified maize varieties have been licensed for both human consumption and as animal feed in Vietnam.

Milk companies have been changing their labeling for children's formula in such a way that would make them exempt from the new taxes levied by the Ministry of Finance.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked relevant ministries and agencies and Hanoi authorities to seek every possible way to remove difficulties for the projects on building the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park and the Hanoi National University.

Companies in Vietnam still owe social insurance agencies a total of USD523.8-million in overdue payments as of the end of July this year.

Vietnam Railway Corporation (VRC) will knock up to 50 percent off the fares for passengers buying tickets two months ahead of departure and increase stops of certain north-south trains from next month to offer more conveniences to passengers, a

The Republic of Korea will accelerate negotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Vietnam, striving to sign the trade pact late this year.

Russia's Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service announced that they will remove a ban on Vietnamese seafood imports.

Recent global political and crisis has changed the world order, especially with the emergence of China, India, Japan, and the Republic of Korea in Asia, said Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.

The latest draft decree issued by the Ministry of Finance proposes allowing Vietnamese residents to enter casinos.

Ex-chief of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy has called on Vietnam to harmonise legal regulations, improve logistics and focus on adding value to the economy to better benefit from international trade.

The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has approved a plan for restructuring of 11 out of the 14 joint stock commercial banks in Ho Chi Minh City.

Several experts have expressed worries that Vietnamese goods may lose their standing in the domestic market after a Thai group bought Metro Vietnam for nearly USD900 million.

The Ministry of Finance has announced that they will make efforts to reduce the time it takes businesses to file taxes by nearly 300 hours per year, around 50%.

Similar to Black Friday in the United States, “Online Shopping Day” (December 5) is anticipated to be a day businesses come out with “Doorbuster Sales” and special discounts to attract customers to make purchases.

The Trang Tien Plaza is facing another round of renovation, just 16 months after it reopened its doors in April 2013, Dien Dan Doanh Nghiep newspaper has reported.

The Korea-Vietnam Incubator Park (KVIP) is currently 32% complete and is slated for operations in early June 2015, announced Director of Can Tho Department of Industry and Trade, Nguyen Minh Toai at a meeting on August 8.

Metro AG agreed to sell 19 Vietnamese stores to a Thai group named Berli Jucker (BJC) for USD879 million as the German retailer prepares to withdraw from the country.

All nine Vietnamese tuna caught using new Japanese technology were auctioned and sold in Japan this morning, August 8.