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Vietnam’s economy has recovered, but still faced numerous challenges and difficulties requiring greater efforts to deal with, said a government official.

Vietnam has potential to be the next outsourcing destination after India and China, says a new report.

Many people have weighed in with their opinions about whether or not to allow Vietnamese people to gamble at casinos.

More mobile phone users are using their phones to access the Internet, and Vietnam led the region in terms of page-view growth, says a new report.

The national economy will gradually recover in 2010, resulting in a slight increase in the prices of construction materials such as steel and cement.

Vietnam gold exchanges said they would close far ahead of the government’s deadline due to a halting decline in trading volumes.

Ho Chi Minh City on January 30 officially opened a new container port, the Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT), after three years of construction.

Indochina Airlines (ICA) handed over a report regarding the issue of its refunds for tickets that were already issued.

Toyota Motor Corp.'s problems continued to mount as the auto maker said it was recalling 1.8 million vehicles in Europe.

Thailand's SCG Paper expects its sales to rise to 45.5 billion this year, mainly driven by the additional output from its plants in Vietnam.

Dung Quat Refinery, Vietnam's first oil processing plant, has become fully operational after it was restarted Jan. 13, an official said.

Vietnam’s dragon fruit exporters are slowing their shipments to the US because of high costs and a drop in demand.

The pressure is from overproduction of domestic companies and increasing steel import, Vietnamese vice minister of industry and trade said.

Despite an abundance of "promotional" deals, prices are rising in anticipation of Tet.

Microsoft Corp. said its earnings in the most recent quarter jumped 60 percent, as a rebound in the personal computer industry drove sales of the company's latest Windows operating system.

Vietnam expects export earnings to hit $66 B this year, or 5.88% more than last year.

Indochina Airlines was flawed from the beginning and did little to prevent its own demise.

Container terminal operator DP World said it welcomed Malaysia's MISC Berhad as a new customer to its Saigon Premier Container Terminal in Vietnam.

The Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) plans to build two large industrial parks specialising in textiles and dye.