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The Hai Phong City People’s Committee on September 10 granted an investment licence to LG Electronics Inc (LGE) of the Republic of Korea to build a hi-tech manufacturing and assembly plant in the city’s Trang Due Industrial Park.

Total retail sales of goods and service revenues nationwide were estimated at over 1,065 trillion VND during the first five months of this year, representing a year-on-year increase of 11.94 percent.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, in conjunction with the World Bank, held a seminar to launch a project on phasing out Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) – ozone-depleting substances – in the 2013-15 period.

People in the south-eastern and central regions are flocking to parks and hospitals as a heat wave disrupts normal lives.

Demand for electronic products in Ho Chi Minh City has increased as much as 40 percent in the past few days because of hotter weather, according to traders in the city.

The child survival gap within and between countries can be narrowed if proven and cost-effective interventions for pneumonia and diarrhoea are scaled up to reach the most disadvantaged children, according to a new report from UNICEF.

Thailand’s export to Saudi Arabia has increased 21 percent in the first 4 months of this year, partly due to a backlog of undelivered orders during last year’s flood as well as rising demand.

Domestic electronics businesses have been grappling with a slowdown in sales since the beginning of the year.

For most expats in Hanoi, ex-periencing the first winter can come as a shock to the system. How do the tropics get so frightfully cold?

Vietnam has attracted almost 12.7 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 11 months of 2011, equivalent to 83.8 percent of the sum drawn in the same period last year.

Domestic manufacturers have been facing many challenges including inflation, huge stockpiles and the slowed growth of industrial production, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

A fire broke out in Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Vietnam , at 2:00 pm on August 27.

Smog has filled the air in central Hanoi during the past three days, but experts cannot agree on its origin or cause.

All development plans for the Vietnamese electronic industry could end up nowhere as imported products have flooded the local market, industry insiders say.

A third of the street lights in the capital have been switched off after 11pm every night from April to at least June as part of a power-saving scheme, said deputy director of the Public Lighting Management Company Nguyen Ngoc Chien.

Elizabeth Somers, 9, and her Korean friend Su Yon, 12, picked up rubbish around West Lake on April 23 morning instead of playing around the home like other children.

Intelligent personality, loving companionship, and charming and striking appearance of several breeds of imported cat bewitch many Hanoians even when they are costly.

No child abuse, no violence at school, no traffic jam, more places for amusement and less heavy school curriculum - these were among the demands children and teenagers made to the HCM City authorities at a recent meeting.

Energy-saving air-conditioners and compactflourescent lights have become more and more popular in the HCM City market, experts have said.

Electronics shops and supermarkets in major cities are offering big discounts to boost flagging sales at the end of the World Cup and dry season.