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The unofficial market for foreign currencies has thrived in Hanoi despite the State Bank of Vietnam’s efforts to stop their operations.

A court Friday turned down Apple's bid to have Samsung give it advance warning of any new product launches in Australia.

A direct service between Vietnam and India is on the cards following a memorandum of understanding signed between Vietnam Airlines and Jet Airways.

Facing difficulties in accessing bank loans at reasonable interest rates, many businesses are seeking to raise capital by issuing corporate bonds.

Vietnam is mulling over regulations to only insure deposits in domestic currency.

Industrial parks in Bac Giang have taken up large areas, but poor planning and management have led to great waste.

EBay set the stage for shops large and small to tap into Internet age techniques for taking payments with PayPal technology at the heart of cashless transactions.

The International Energy Agency said it was cutting its oil demand estimates again as the global economic outlook darkens.

The popularity of cash transactions in Vietnam has created favourable conditions for money laundering crime.

The eurozone needs a rescue fund of about two trillion euros -- almost five times its current size -- to overcome its crisis, Gordon Brown said.

Many Vietnamese companies facing spiralling debts or in the midst of power disputes are filing for bankruptcy.

Though the real estate market remains gloomy with very few successful transactions, high grade apartments still have been sold well in HCM City.

An official from the Oriental Commercial Joint Stock Bank was suspended for taking a large bribe for a loan approval.

Vietnam and Thailand should create a mechanism for promoting rice exports and bringing about prosperity for both countries.

Diesel and kerosene prices started decreasing at 11am today while that of petrol and oil remained unchanged, said the Ministry of Finance.

Optimism in Vietnam continued declining in the third quarter, according to a global survey by auditing and consulting firm Grant Thornton.

Leaders of five big banks in Vietnam have decided to sell off gold in hopes of boosting the supply and reducing speculation.

Travel firms in the Mekong province of An Giang are offering tours for visitors to experience the flood season between late July and mid-October.

Vietnam's central bank said on Thursday it would raise the refinance rate, one of its policy rates, by 100 basis points to 15 percent on October 10.