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Vietnam will use South Africa and Tanzania as export gateways to southern and eastern Africa, a Vietnamese trade official said after visiting the two countries.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade held a meeting with local petrol traders to ensure petrol supply and price stability.

The floor prices for exports of Tra fish will be enforced by the first quarter of next year, said Deputy Head of the VN Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

European leaders moved to grant nations a fresh financial lifeline Thursday.

The cashew industry is expected to top the 1 billion USD mark in export value this year for the first time.

PM has accepted a proposal from the SBV to extend the deadline for banks to raise their chartered capital to $150 million by one year to December 31, 2011.

Nielsen Vietnam recently published the list of Top10 brands in Vietnam, which was based on the number of users.

Realty firm VietRees expects mid-range apartments to remain a safe investment channel in Vietnam next year.

WWF has admitted that tra pangasius was unfairly placed on its consumer red list, pledging to remove it immediately.

The Vietnam Fisheries Association requested the WWF to apologise for putting tra pangasius onto its consumer red list.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group will hold the inauguration ceremony of Dung Quat Oil Refinery at 8am on December 24.

China said it regretted the World Trade Organisation's rejection of its complaint against punitive US tariffs on Chinese tyres and would appeal "at an appropriate time".

Trade costs have remained the largest barrier for least developed countries and the World Bank gathered in Geneva to discuss strategies to address this.

Hanoi’s state agencies and companies are now being forbidden from buying imported cars.

Vietnam’s rice export revenue this year is estimated to set a record of over US$3 billion, said Vietnam Food Association chairperson Truong Thanh Phong.

A JGC Corp.-led group that includes Chiyoda Corp. and Technip SA won exclusive negotiating rights for a contract to build a refinery in Vietnam, the Nikkei newspaper reported.

The New World Alliance said Monday it will launch its first direct Vietnam-North Europe service.

The Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association in France made its debut at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Paris on December 11.

Taiwan display maker Wintek Corp is in talks with some industrial parks in Vietnam to build a display module plant there, a source told Reuters.