Business

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.

The air transport industry ended 2009 with the largest ever post-war decline, according to the International Air Transport Association.

Cenergy Power, a commercial solar developer in California, today announced the legal formation of a Vietnam-based subsidiary.

Home furniture maker Homeritz Corporation Bhd is to spend RM9.12 million to set up new factories in Vietnam and Malaysia.

The Silver Shores International Casino and Resort officially opened on January 26 in Da Nang.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China started business in Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi on Tuesday.

The animal husbandry and poultry sectors in Vietnam will be reviewed and restructured so that they develop in a sustainable and competitive manner.

AMA Waterways has plans for a second ship to sail through Vietnam and Cambodia, scheduled to launch in the summer of 2011.

The Vietnamese group of manufacturing and trading reported a total revenue of over VND 8.2 trillion and will unveil a new strategy in 2010.

Southern provinces have this year targeted a rice yield of 23 million tonnes on an area of 4,341 million hectares.