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Foreign investors have so far this year poured 21.6 billion USD in Vietnam, a year-on-year increase of 54.5 percent.

The value of tra fish ( pangasius ) exports is expect to fall slightly next year due to a lack of raw materials, difficulty in obtaining loans for investments and losses by farmers.

Despite being the leading rice exporter in the world, in recent years, Vietnam’s rice manufacturing and exporting still face difficulties and challenges. But a new plan is expected to be a great help. The Vietnam Business Forum reports.

The government has pursued a cautious but flexible monetary policy over the past three years against the background that the global economy was recovering slowly and domestic inflation soared to 13.29% in the first half of 2011, reports the Vietnam Government Portal.

A delegation from the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association (LVFA) led by its Chairman Phankham Viphavan on August 27 paid a visit to the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos to congratulate Vietnam on the 68 th anniversary of the country’s National Day (September 2).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and his entourage arrived back in Hanoi on June 27, wrapping up his three-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has affirmed that Vietnam welcomes Thai businesses and always tries to its best to facilitate their long-term investment and operation in the country.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) companies operating in Vietnam have made some proposals to relevant agencies to help the businesses expand production and exports.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has set a goal to become an industrial hub in the region by 2015, with industry accounting for 46.9 percent of its local economy.

Vietnam earned 806 million USD from seafood exports in the first two months of this year, marking a year-on-year rise of 3 percent.

Vietnamese and Chinese businesses gathered at a forum in Hanoi on November 21 to seek ways to reduce Vietnam ’s trade deficit with China.

The Vietnam Tokai company started on a plant to make plastic and rubber spare parts and accessories for automobiles at Da Nang 's Hoa Cam Industrial Zone on July 5.

Vietnam highly valued the European Parliament Fisheries Committee’s support in creating conditions for the country to increase seafood exports to the EU market.

Stocks extended morning's losses to the afternoon session as investors again felt uncertain on the economic look.

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Van Giau has affirmed that national monetary policy was on the right track, with credit growth falling to 6.92 percent in the first five months of the year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Cabinet to pursue priorities in curbing inflation and stabilising the macro-economy.

Trade barriers, rising production costs and competition from China will make this year a challenging one for Vietnamese exporters to the US market, a senior official said on last week.

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson on March 24 described the European Commission (EC) decision to lift anti-dumping tariffs on Vietnamese leather-capped shoes from March 31 as “suitable”.