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Vietnam is counting on strong demand when it taps the global bond market for $1 billion later this month.

Keppel Land said it has entered into a joint venture with Vietnamese developers Tien Phuoc and Tran Thai

Vietnam's Petrolimex has sealed a one-year term purchase deal of fuel oil with Russian major LUKOIL.

Hanoi will be accepting social house buying applications from April 2010 onwards.

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Accton Technology has decided to set up a joint venture with Viettel Telecom in Vietnam.

Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines are competing to become the first Asian country to sell bonds in foreign currencies in the international market this year.

First orders may be placed at a major conference to be held on Jan. 28, 2010 at the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre building in Hanoi

Vietnam's Agriculture Ministry has sought government approval to allow exporters to stockpile 200,000 tonnes of coffee, in an effort to shore up prices, traders said.

While foreign investors always go to HCMC first, they will start shifting to Hanoi, CBRE says.

Sapporo plans to open a new brewery in Vietnam 2012 and may also ship Black Label beer and other products from Vietnam to other countries.

Vietnam has bottomed out from the global economic recession in 2009 and is now back on the road to recovery.

The China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement has come into effect this year.

Malaysia's Toyo Ink Group is assessing financing options to fund the construction of a coal-fired thermo-electric plant in Vietnam.

Contrary to predictions, demand for third-generation network services (3G) has remained quiet despite 3G providers releasing new products

Dung Quat Refinery, Vietnam's first oil processing plant, is scheduled to process 5.2 million metric tons of crude oil this year.

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.

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