Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam and Japan signed an economic partnership compact in Tokyo on Dec. 25, laying the ground for a stronger bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation.

Hanoi (VNA) - Consumer price indexes (CPI) dropped for the fourth consecutive month since September, down 0.68 percent from November, reported the Statistics General Department.

Hanoi (VNA) - The electronic sector's exports jumped from 1.4 billion USD in 2005 to 2.1 billion USD in 2007, making it the country's sixth-highest currency earner, according to the Ministry of I

Hanoi (VNA)- Twenty percent of traditional craft villages have gone bankrupt and another 20 percent are on the brink of bankruptcy, warned a watchdog chief.

HCM City (VNA) - On December 25 US credit company MasterCard Worldwide announced the opening of its representative office in Ho Chi Minh City , making good on its pledge to develop relation

HCM City (VNA) - Businesses are stockpiling goods ahead of the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, even though experts are predicting lower consumer demand this year due to the economic downturn

Hanoi (VNA) - The State-owned Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex)and 41 subsidiary petrol companies have asked the Government to equitie the whole corporation, according to Petrolim

Ca Mau (VNA) - Ca Mau Power Plant No 2 began to generate electricity for the national grid on Dec. 23, according to the PetroVietnam Ca Mau Power Company.

Hanoi (VNA) - The retail price of diesel oil fell by 1,000 VND per litre nationwide on Dec. 24, according to the Ministry of Finance's Price Management Department.

HCM City (VNA) - Toshiba Corp. announced on Dec.