Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam expects to export 3.5 million tonnes of rice in the first nine months of the year with the August volume estimatedly hitting 400,000 tonnes.

HCM City (VNA) - Smaller apartments may be the next big thing in HCM City 's real estate market, as developers realise this segnment has been overlooked for quite a while.

Hanoi (VNA) - The State-owned Vietnam Ship-building Industry Corporation (Vinashin) has submitted its plan to manufacture ships' equipment in Cam Ranh industrial park to the Khanh Hoa people's Comm

Danang (VNA) - The ASEAN U13 Yamaha Football Cup 2008 opened in central Danang city on August 4 with six teams participating from Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam .

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam exported 58,000 tonnes of pepper in the first seven months of this year, earning 202 million USD, according to a General Statistics Office report.

Hanoi (VNA) - Both bourses completed the last week of the month showing
falls in many shares. The VN-Index closed on August 1 at 447.11, a drop of
0.94 percent.

Hanoi (VNA) - Agribank Gold, Silver and Gemstone Trading JSC (AJC) will
make an initial public offering (IPO) of nearly 3.8 million shares at the

HCM City (VNA) - Accounting and consulting firm Grant Thornton Vietnam
's latest survey results on Vietnam 's hotels show increases in average

Hanoi (VNA) - It will take businesses a maximum of just five days to
receive business registration certificates, according to a new
inter-ministry circular released on July 29.

Seminar examines economic impact of WTO entry