Construction sector declines 5.4 percent; Asset management company established; Mekong Delta promotes trade and investment; VN Tourism Culture Festival in RoK; Ho Chi Minh City records 7.9% economic growth in six months

 Firms voice support for raising woodchip export tax; Exported apparel unit prices down; Credit fund converted into bank; Firms switch to rail freight transport;

 Social fund seeks investment methods; Higher legal capital likely at realty firms; Realty indices are nowhere to be found; Price falls hit chicken farmers; Five-month FDI totals US$8.5 billion

VietNamNet Bridge – The reverse of the “industrialization medal” is that it has brought big corollaries to the rice farming.

Minister slams Vinalines for tardy restructuring process; Credit institutions banned from opening gold accounts; Government proposes PPP reciprocal funding; Vietnam enjoys US$480-million trade surplus in Q1

A credit growth slowdown and stagnant production have posed challenges for the economy in the first quarter, economic administrators said at a meeting held in Hanoi on Tuesday by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Prospects for labour export; Businesses likely to issue own C/O; Garment industry sets high export targets for 2013; Smuggling runs rampant along border; C.P admits ‘unreasonable egg price hike’

Industrial production index sees positive signs; Seaports are busy on first day of 2013; PetroVietnam pledges to continue East Sea oil extraction; Remittances to reach USD11 billion; C.T Group enters retail industry with first supermarket