Officials at the US's central bank were split about when to raise interest rates, latest minutes released by the Federal Reserve have revealed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh, in a year-end exclusive interview with the Daily, said market-based reforms must be introduced in 2014 to spur growth, and there is still much room for such transformation.

VietNamNet Bridge – The foreign direct investment sector is now the key driver in the local economy while other pillars, notably the local private sector, the State-owned sector and agriculture are all crumpling, said a Fulbright economist.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on February 19 chaired a cabinet meeting with central ministries and sectors to review the situation during the Lunar New Year Festival.