Hanoi (VNA) - The VN-Index on Mar. 24 jumped 10.46 points to close at 270.62, an increase of just over 4 percent, as trading volume again picked up on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange.

Hanoi (VNA) - The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will adopt a zero percent commission policy for international tickets issued in the country as of April 1, 2009.

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese businesses must expand their export markets and improve products' competitiveness to maximize trade potential with China and reduce a significant deficit with the neighbour

HCM City (VNA) - DongA Bank has been recognised by Standard Chartered Bank for its excellent international payment service.

Hanoi (VNA/VNS) - The State Bank of Vietnam on March 23 widened the daily trading band for USD/VND to from +/-3 percent to +/- 5 percent against the official interbank rate to enhance the flex

Hanoi (VNA) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB), with funding from the Japanese government, opened the 2009 Executive Public Policy Training Programme for Vietnamese officials on March 23.

HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City licensed 65 FDI projects worth totally 497 million USD in the first quarter this year, down sharply from 95 projects and 1.85 billion USD registered in th

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will continue to export ilmenite ore, which is used to produce titanium, throughout 2010, according to a decision by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam consistently and constantly fosters friendship with China
, aiming to make the two countries good neighbours, good friends, good comrades and

Hanoi (VNA)- As part of the Vietnamese faculty of Harvard University for 18 years, Professor Ngo Nhu Binh has managed to put Vietnamese education on par with that of the Chinese, Japanese, a