Business

Three Vietnamese garment and textile businesses participated in the Paris apparel and garment fair – Who’s next 2014 which is taking place from January 25-28. The annual professional event aims to introduce new trends for fashion designs and showcase

The ministries agreed to HAGL's plan to import raw sugar from Laos for processing before exporting it again, saying it will strengthen the relationship between Laos and Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has called on the country’s farmers to put more focus on producing high-quality products like fragrant and glutinous rice to export to Africa, the world’s biggest rice consumer.

The Minister of Information and Communications said that e-books have become a trend and called on publishing houses to launch more content in this format.

The General Statistics Office has announced Vietnamese exports fell 11.5% in January to an estimated US$10.3 billion.

Vietnam will pioneer the World Economic Forum initiative “A new vision for agriculture” incorporating food security, poverty reduction, and global sustainable development.

Vietnamese businesses should reengineer and streamline their operations in 2014 to maximize efficiencies said President of the VCCI.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Vietnam’s long-term foreign-and local-currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at B+ following optimistic economic performance.

Mindshare globally recognized 15 January as Mindshare Day and celebrated it by announcing its refreshed global positioning: original thinking driven by speed, provocation and teamwork.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with World Bank Country Director Victoria Kwakwa on January 23 in Hanoi to compare notes on ways of expanding Vietnam’s cooperation with the international institution.

The FDI sector attracted nearly 22 billion USD and achieved a trade surplus of nearly 13.9 billion USD, significantly contributing to the development of Vietnam’s economy in 2013. However, it would have contributed more if shortcomings in FDI attraction

As Tet shopping picks up, several clothing stores in Hanoi have launched sales to reel in customers, who might be better served shopping at a local market.

The Philippines will consider buying rice from any foreign rice suppliers, including Thailand, under agreements with the WTO and the ASEAN, an official from the National Food Authority has said.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is leading a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 44th World Economic Forum, which officially opened on January 22 in Davos, Switzerland.

Hanoi’s consumer price index in January rose 0.7 percent against the previous month and 6.78 percent year-on-year as a result of price hikes in ten out of eleven commodity baskets.

Hundreds of workers from Phuong Dong Seafood Limited Company in Can Tho City have been striking to ask for Tet bonuses, among other changes.

According to the National Administration of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the tourism sector plans to receive 8 million international tourists, serve 37.5 million domestic tourists and earn VND230 billion in 2014.

Vietnam and the RoK have agreed to accelerate free trade agreement negotiations in the hopes of an early 2014 signing and US$70 billion in two-way trade by 2020.

Vietnam Airlines has cut airfare for residents of Con Dao Island on HCM City-Con Dao route following a request by the Transport Minister.