(09.11.2009 13:47) Representatives from the nation's eight energy efficiency and conservation centers met for the second time on October 30 in Hanoi but also attending the meeting were representatives of JICA (the Japan International Cooperation Agency) Vietnam and various Vietnamese provincial departments of industry and trade. Nguyen Dinh Hiep, who is head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Department of Science and Technology and chief of the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Office, and Luu Tien Long, the head of the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, co-chaired the meeting.

(09.11.2009 13:42) The Vietnam Cacao and Coffee Association (VICOFA) has urged coffee growers and processors to constantly improve the quality of coffee beans and products following the International Coffee Organisation’s recent warning of the CQP standard of Vietnamese coffee.

(09.11.2009 13:38) Cambodian Consul General in HCM City Luon Kim Khuon has reaffirmed the Vietnamese and Cambodian Governments’ pledge to create the most favourable conditions for bilateral cooperation in economics, culture, communications and tourism development.

(05.11.2009 08:33) The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) sponsored the 10th joint meeting of the Korea-Vietnam, Vietnam-Korea Economic Cooperation Committees in Hanoi during Republic of Korea (RoK) President Lee Myung Bak's visit to Vietnam from October 20-22. At the meeting, representatives of the Foreign Investment Department of the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment and Vietnamese businesspeople said that the quality of RoK businesses' investment in Vietnam is quite high.

(05.11.2009 08:30) The national flag-carrier Vietnam Airlines on November 4 increased its number of flights on France-Vietnam route per week from six to eight.

Passengers can now find flights between France and Vietnam daily, according to an announcement from the airline’s representative office in Paris .

(05.11.2009 08:26) The Singaporean-headquartered CapitaLand has deployed 299 million Singaporean dollars (223 million USD) to further its growth in the real estate sector in Vietnam.

(04.11.2009 16:20) A workshop titled “Investment and development strategies in the post-crisis time” was held from October 20th – 22nd in Ho Chi Minh City.

(04.11.2009 16:14) More than 300 Vietnamese industrial companies have begun practicing cleaner production techniques. This was said at a recent national round-table meeting on cleaner production, the fourth of its kind in Vietnam, this one taking place in Hue.

(24.04.2009 07:40) Chief representative of Việt Nam Airlines in France boasted that while most of the international airlines faced difficulties caused by the global financial crisis, the carrier vigorously flourished in European market in 2008.

(24.04.2009 07:34) The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) this week announced a program on domestic market and trade promotion which will be realized in the second and third quarters.

(24.04.2009 06:33) The Trade Promotion Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade organized the Vietnam-Nigeria Business Meeting on April 9 to discuss Vietnamese-Nigerian trade. The event was held within the framework of the 19th Vietnam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo 2009) and was an opportunity for Vietnamese businesses to expand cooperation and increase exports to potential markets.

(15.04.2009 08:34) More than 50 per cent of the 250 Korean firms already operating in Vietnam have decided to cement their investment in the country for the next five to 10 years.

(15.04.2009 08:30) The majority of domestic CEOs and managers are confident of a better economic outlook over the next 12 months, according to a survey on Vietnam business confidence by World Vest Base, a global provider of financial services.

(15.04.2009 08:27) A delegation of representatives of 30 Nigerian companies, led by Minister of Commerce and Industry Achike Udenwa, will visit Vietnam from April 19-25 to seek business opportunities.

(15.04.2009 08:22) Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Thanh Bien chaired a conference to disseminate the Agreement on ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP) and the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (VJEPA) in Ho Chi Minh City on April 14.