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The prime minister has decided to step up oversight of improper toll stations nationwide.

Day-trippers from Vietnam have withdrawn millions of dollars from Cambodian cash machines to benefit from a sizeable gap between the official and black market rates of the USD.

Many experts expect the average gold price in 2011 to rise higher against 2010 prices.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the country must demonstrate fiscal discipline to gain investor confidence, after its credit rating was cut for the first time in eight years.

The police in Hanoi have installed ‘first warning’ equipment at a Vietnam Prosperity Bank's ATM to increase security.

Prices of all kinds of goods are rising at fever pitch in Hanoi’s markets during the lead up to Tet.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group held a conference to review its 2010 activities and implement tasks for 2011 in the presence of President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Both Vietnam's stock exchanges rose today on improved volume and value as gainers outnumbered losers.

Toyota Motor said it will recall 1.7 million vehicles worldwide over concerns about possible fuel leakages.

Traditionally, the time leading to Tet has been good for the realty market in Ho Chi Minh City, but this year’s markets are quiet.

Demand for goods and services in February 2011 may rise slightly due to an increase in the purchasing power among people who like to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival along with other festivals.

The State Audit of Vietnam plans to audit some large corporations this year to ensure efficiency.

Vietnam’s Tra fish has not yet been removed from the WWF’s Red List of the Guidance Manual for Seafood Consumers in 2010-2011, said VASEP.

With vast oil reserves that are far from exhausted, Saudi Arabia has decided to explore nuclear and renewable energy, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi has said.

The Japanese government will provide JPY58.180 billion (USD703 million) for three major projects in Vietnam

It’s estimated by the General Statistics Office that the consumer price index will have risen by 1.74% by the end of January.

Inward remittances from abroad are soaring ahead of Tet, the Lunar New Year, early February.

Domestic beer producers will churn out roughly 2.7 billion litres of the drink this year to meet the rising demands of local consumers.

The eurozone's debt battle and the power shift towards emerging giants like China and India will be at the heart of discussions on a "fundamentally changed world".