The UK has for the first time in seven years become one of Vietnam's top 10 tourism markets, with nearly 18,000 Britons coming here in January 2012, a year-on-year increase of 39.7 percent, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
The State Audit of Vietnam on Feb. 9 made public its audit plan for this year, with a focus on issues related to land use management, mining and social security.
The People's Committee of Hanoi has decided to advance 94 billion VND (4.5 million USD) from the city financial reserve fund for the third phase of price stabilisation of essential goods after Tet (lunar new year).
Even in her wildest dream, scrap collector-turned-microenterprise-owner Duong Thi Tuyet from a small village in northern Vietnam never thought she would be on stage at Paris' Louvre Museum – one of the world's greatest arts museums.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided loans worth almost 121 million USD as part of Vietnam ’s 730 million USD electricity transmission network programme.
A project to expand Tuy Hoa Airport in the central province of Phu Yen was officially launched during a ceremony held by the Ministry of Transport on Feb. 12.
Shares continued to retreat on Feb. 13 on profit-taking, closing the first session of this week down on both national stock exchanges with over 55 percent of codes losing value, led by blue chips.
Vietnam will have a sugar surplus for the first ever time this year, and is looking at ways to export the commodity.
Vietnamese goods have won favour in the Cambodian market for their quality and reasonable prices, said Phan Van Chinh, Director of the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Vietnam takes the lead in the top 15 of the most promising frontier markets in the world, according to a recent edition of Bloomberg Markets Magazine.
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