Business

Carlos Slim Helú of Mexico beat Bill Gates and Warren E. Buffett for the top spot on Forbes magazine’s annual list of billionaires.

Representatives from twenty businesses from Kansai, Japan paid a three-day visit to HCM City in an effort to seek business opportunities in the country’s largest city.

A number of provinces around the country plan to concentrate on growing bananas for export, due to increasing world demand.

JAC, an auto producer based in Hefei, China, will start construction on its first overseas plant to produce trucks in Vietnam in April.

Authorities granted quotas allowing local companies to import a total of 170,000 tonnes of salt into Vietnam despite local sufficient supply of salt.

Projects that are stuck in standstill have taken a negative toll on the GDP’s growth in Hanoi.

Samsung announced that the first models of its full HD 3D entertainment products will be gradually introduced to consumers in Southeast Asia and Oceania from this month.

In 2010, VSG targets to earn VND 1.5 trillion revenue and VND 63 billion pre tax profit.

These projects are to be re-zoned for other possible commercial interests

With the emerging economy and rising living standards of Vietnamese, the retail sector is expected to witness fast expansion in the country.

Petrolimex is by far the largest petroleum company in Vietnam, but it’s definitely not the only one in its field, said a government official.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has approved a new proposal on the establishment of VietAir Joint-Stock Airline, the fourth carrier to be licensed in Vietnam.

The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam has postponed its inspection of Vinashin until June 2010.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has stated that the government will not allow high inflation to happen again.

244 planning, construction and investment projects for Hanoi have been re-evaluated.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has emphasised the need for the northern mountain province of Thai Nguyen to call for investment in its steel industry.

The first flight between Hanoi and Rangoon took off from Noi Bai International Airport.

CIMB Investment Bank has received approval from the Vietnam Securities Commission for its subscription of equity interest in Vinashin Shipbuilding Finance Co Securities LLC.

Vietnamese leather and footwear exports could top US$6.2 billion this year, according to the Leather and Footwear Research Institute.