Business

Gold fever may strike many countries, but maybe only the market gold in Vietnam experiences such dramatic changes.

The Government has pledged to continue implementation of Resolution 11 into next year with the main goals of curbing inflation.

Rising industrial park foreign investment is turning the page on a positive chapter in Vietnam’s sometimes hard luck investment story.

Japan's Honda Motor is recalling 936,000 cars worldwide, mostly its popular Fit subcompact, the company said Monday.

The Ministry of Construction requested that the Hanoi People’s Committee make some changes in its low-income housing policy.

The head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso on Monday said he did not anticipate Europe sliding into recession, instead seeing modest growth.

Many localities nationwide have shown hesitation as far as reducing or suspending projects using state budget funds.

Social networks have become a favorite channel for businesses to do marketing and introduce their products for the last year.

Vietnam’s export turnover from footwear products in the first eight months of 2011 is estimated at US$4.18 billion, a year-on-year increase of 29.2 percent.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has outlined the key task for the remaining months of the year – to continue with a tightened monetary policy while allowing credit for production.

The sources of China's stunning economic growth over the past 30 years are beginning to lose their punch, highlighting the need for reforms, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said.

The business of ‘lucky’ mobile phone numbers which has brought big profits for retailers is likely to go bankrupt.

LG Electronics said it has tied up with Philips and Sharp to ramp up production of applications for Internet-powered televisions.

CPI in September is expected to continue its decline at a rate of 0.8 percent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Market Watch Team.

Asian markets rose for a fourth straight day Thursday following another gain on Wall Street thanks to upbeat US data, while Chinese manufacturing figures also provided some support.

The State Bank of Vietnam is mulling over a plan to attract and utilise gold accumulated in domestic savings.

Hanoi is experiencing a boom in promotional programmes, with shops adopting increasingly bizarre sales advertising.

Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi said they planned to merge their small and medium-sized display businesses for smartphones and tablet computers.

The total value of retail trade and services reached $59.72 billion between January and August this year, reports the General Statistics Office.