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Viglacera exhibits at Algerian building expo

Algiers, May 8 (VNA) – The Viglacera Corporation was among 1,032 firms from 23 countries and host country of Algeria, to display their products and services at the 15 th international exhibition of construction machinery and building materials - Batimatec 2012, which ran from May 3-7 in Algiers.

HSBC announces new manufacturing index in VN

HCM City, May 8 (VNA) - HSBC Vietnam for the first time announced the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in Vietnam – an early indication of manufacturing sector operating conditions in the country, in Ho Chi Minh City on May 8.

Rubber strategy gets approval

HCM City , May 10 (VNA) — The Prime Minister has approved the Vietnam Rubber Group''s business plan by 2015, which calls for an annual increase in turnover by 15 percent and pre-tax profits of 22 percent a year.

Gas stations cut petrol price by 2 cents per litre

Hanoi , May, 10 (VNA) — The retail price of A92 unleaded gasoline was cut by 500 VND (2 cents USD) to 23,300 VND (1.12 USD) per litre at 10pm on May 9.

International jewellery sparkles in HCM City

HCM City , May 10 (VNA) – The 9 th International Jewellery and Watch Show opened on May 10 in Ho Chi Minh City .

ESCAP: Vietnam to grow at 5.8 percent in 2012

Hanoi, May 10 (VNA) – The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has forecast the Vietnamese economy will grow at a rate of 5.8 percent in 2012 and the country’s inflation rate is likely to fall back to single digit by the second half of the year.