HCM City (VNA/VNS) - The Drug Management Department and Ho Chi Minh City
Institute of Hygiene and Public Health are set to test personal care products made

Binh Duong (VNA) - The Kian Joo Canpack Vietnam Co, Ltd, a joint venture between
Malaysia and Japan , on March 13 put into operation a canned beverage factory

Hanoi (VNA) - Consumers have ignored bank enticements to take out personal loans of
up to 1 billion VND (57,188 USD).

Khanh Hoa (VNA) - The Vietnam Blind Association (VBA) will spend around 19 billion
VND on generating jobs for about 5,000 members this year, said its President Dao
Soat.

New York (VNA) - A Vietnamese representative to the UN Security Council has
welcomed the transfer of military and security responsibilities from the European

HCM City (VNA) - Cumbersome procedures and inconsistent regulations
are scaring away foreign direct investment (FDI) from the agricultural sector,
analysts warn.

Hanoi (VNA) - A delegation of 15 Israeli leading telecom businesses will visit
Vietnam from March 18-20 to seek cooperation and opportunity in its emerging
market.

Hanoi (VNA) - Government bonds worth a total 300 million USD will be put out for
tender at the Hanoi Securities Trading Centre (HaSTC), the HaSTC said on March 16.

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will complete procedures necessary to resume exporting
seafood to Russia , after it banned seafood imports from Vietnam in December
2008.

Phnom Penh (VNA) - Vietnam and Cambodia are discussing measures to boost border
trade at a conference opened in Phnom Penh on March 16.