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Vietnam’s benchmark stock index gained the most in more than five months after the government eased trading rules.

Australian listed Neon Energy is primed to start exploring in Vietnam after landing exploration Block 105-110/4 in the Song Hong basin off the country.

PM Dung directs all government departments to promote exports in order to control the trade gap in 2010.

The Vietnam Securities Depository Agency said Tuesday that it issued licenses to 20 new foreign institutional investors in December to trade local stocks, raising the total number to 1,149.

Vietnam’s fourth-quarter growth exceeded market expectations and its full-year expansion was more resilient than the rest of Asia except China.

SAP's Francis Lee opens up to DTiNews’ Hoai Nguyen about financial outlooks for 2010.

Vietnam’s total production value of agro-forestry-aquaculture in 2009 reached US$ 12 billion, an increase of nearly 3% against last year.

Toyo Ink Group Bhd (TIGB) says the Vietnamese government has given it permission to build a coal-fired thermo-electric plant in Tra Vinh Province.

The Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement is expected to boost Vietnam’s agricultural exports to Japan in 2010.

Vietnam’s fresh produce exports are up, but floods, drought and concerns over food safety are barriers to reaching their full potential.

Vietnamese enterprises in 2009 poured US $7.2 billion in 457 projects in 50 countries and territories in spite of the global economic crisis.

Vietnam’s Long Thanh Golf Trading and Investment Company broke ground for a US$1 billion property project in capital Vientiane.

Due to an increase in the VND/USD rate, retailed milk prices will go up 5-10% in 2010.

Top priority should be given to adopting a stable policy so that businesses can borrow capital at safe interest rates without causing inflation, says economic expert.

Multi-billion dollar foreign-invested power projects are anticipated to be a shining light in Vietnam’s 2010 FDI picture.

Frozen shrimp brought in over US$1.5 billion in 2009 and became the only seafood export staple that still managed to grow amid decreasing demands.

Vietnam plans to boost stocks liquidity by loosening restrictions on the sale of equities next month, said chairman of the State Securities Commission.

All gold trading activities must be terminated before March 30, 2010, says the Government.

Vietnam spent 978 million U.S. dollars on importing pharmaceutical products in the first 11 months this year.