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Mobile service providers MobiFone and VinaPhone will merge to strengthen their operations, one official said.

Apple announced it will spend part of its massive cash hoard to pay its first dividend since 1995, and trumpeted that it had sold three million new iPads on the opening weekend.

The decentralisation mechanism in foreign direct investment management, which was hoped and create the most favorable conditions to foreign investors, has proven a burden on agencies.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde said measures taken to fight financial woes in Europe and the US were starting to pay off.

The Ministry of Construction intends to inspect six low-income housing projects by three big companies.

A number of Vietnamese workers are facing challenges due to rising unemployment and inflation.

Investors are retrieving their capital from Greece, Italy and Spain and other European Union countries to be channelled into Vietnam this year, said Radio the Voice of Russia.

The EVN has dismissed information published in some newspapers that the group has proposed the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Government to raise electricity prices by 5 percent.

Despite the recent fall in interest rates, many enterprises are still finding it hard to get loans from banks.

European Union foreign and trade ministers gathering in Brussels will look at ways to spur growth in the world's biggest tariff-free trading bloc, an official said.

The Director of the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam addresses the issue of recent power price hikes with DTiNews.

The husbandry industry met difficulties after some husbandry units were reported to be feeding their pigs controlled substances.

As much as 99% of real estate projects in Vietnam are lagging behind schedule, said the Vietnam Construction Association.

Vietnam’s investment promotion has proved inefficient due to improper incentive policies, an official said.

Electricity and coal producers are preparing to deal with a sharp increase in production costs as a result of the latest fuel price hike.

Government’s current policies are facilitating the foreign businesses at the expense of domestic firms.

Authorities will investigate rumours that the CEO of the Binh An SeaFood Company has fled to Singapore to avoid debts.

Fitch lowered Britain's long-term outlook Wednesday to negative from stable, while confirming its top-level AAA rating.

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang has approved a plan for the industrial development of the Lang Son-Hanoi-Haiphong-Quang Ninh economic corridor in the north.