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The Vietnamese General Department of Fisheries strongly opposed the WWF’s assessment criteria of tra fish.

November saw a new record in automobile sales with over 11,000 units of which MPV/SUV segments proved popular.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung recently gave a nod to agricultural development projects funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

The uncontrolled exploitation of many different kinds of fish is rising rapidly, resulting in a loss of aquatic resources and the ability to regenerate and renew fish stocks.

The European Commission imposed on Wednesday 649 million euros in fines against South Korean and Taiwanese makers of LCD flat screens for running a price-fixing cartel.

International representatives warned Vietnam of high inflation rates this year at the Consultative Group Meeting in Hanoi.

Fears that Japan's recovery is heading for further slowdown deepened Wednesday as data showed the nation's trade with the world rose only slightly.

The VASEP has requested that WWF publicise its indexes for assessing tra fish.

Vietnam’s customs sector will spur reform and modernization to slash time and money spent by importers and exporters on the current procedures.

The World Wildlife Foundation has added two seafood items of Vietnam onto its consumer ‘red list’, drawing strong opposition.

ADB said that East Asia's emerging economies will grow 8.8 percent this year before slowing to 7.3 percent in 2011 amid concerns about the global economy.

Electricity of Vietnam says it will continue buying electricity from China in December in order to meet domestic demand.

Economist Vo Tri Thanh said investors will still concentrate on 3 large markets which he calls “The 3 risky games” in 2011.

Prices of calendars for 2011 have grown as the new year approaches, but purchase power remains low.

The US Department of Commerce has announced that it will continue to levy anti-dumping taxes on frozen warm-water shrimps imported from Vietnam.

In recent years, a great deal of farm businesses have been set up in the Mekong Delta, most of them are engaged in aquaculture, horticulture and husbandry.

Vietnam is forecast to export around 180,000 tonnes of cashew nuts, earning more than US$1 billion this year, the highest value ever.

Vietnam raised its rice export floor prices by nearly 14 percent, partly to meet possible demand from Indonesia

Stock market regulator pledged to clamp down on fraud as authorities prosecute Vietnam’s first share-price manipulation case.