Fertilizer imports from China dip; Viet Nam coal imports to keep rising: Ministry; $230m ADB loan to aid push for economic reforms; HCM City signs BT infrastructure deal; Microsoft and MobileWorld cooperate

Mavin targets meat processing industry; Rice exports earn $2.5b, prices fall; HCM City real estate transactions increase; Motor Show sets sales record; Vietnam adopts new rules allowing 50-year foreign ownership over houses

WB: Vietnam economy grows beneath potential; VND24.5 trillion needed for Trung Luong-Can Tho expressway; Vietnam rice exports to rise by 6%: FAO; Russia rejects Vietnamese frozen basa fish; New decree reduces 88 tax payment hours

 Thailand becomes top importer of Vietnamese tra fish; Steel tariffs imposed to protect domestic market; 2014 rice exports to Russia decline in volume, sales; Viettel brand brings services to Timor Leste’s villages

Vietnam sees slight rise in rice exports in August; Second turbine at Vinh Tan power plant generates power; Automobile sales increase for 17 consecutive months

 Firms bond to decrease dependence on imports; SBV plays key role in financial system: forum; $50m footwear factory kicks off; VietJet Air receives three new Airbus; Manufacturing continues to rise

 Foreign businesses in HCM City reopen after riots; SBV warns against gold, foreign currency purchases; Pakistan remains Vietnam’s largest tea importer; Construction of wind farm gets underway in Ninh Thuan province

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite being an agricultural economy, Vietnam cannot produce animal feed. It has to spend $4 billion a year on animal feed imports, a figure far higher than its earnings from rice exports.

 Vietnam to face cement shortage; Rice exports off target in April; New Eximbank leaders named; VAT refunds okayed for farm produce importers; PVN to reduce PV GAS stake; Vietnam building doctrine of growth

Thailand’s leading retailer opens first store in Vietnam; Rice exports to China continue to rise; Newly merged banking giant on the cards; Japan invests in high-tech steel making; Major airlines to expand operations in foreign markets

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is placing high hopes on its bid to supply rice to the Philippines. However, it has been warned that Thailand, which has announced that it will clear its stocks at any cost, will be a formidable rival.

 Two Vietnamese trademarks enjoy US protection certificate; Ho Chi Minh City announces socio-economic overall plan; Real estate sector ranks second in FDI attraction; Rice exports earn high revenue; VND25 billion for promotion programme

 French businesses encouraged to invest in Vietnam; WB: Vietnam’s economy to grow 5.5 percent in 2014; Vietnamese shrimp to enjoy zero tax rate in Japan

Sea freight charges to rise next month; Corruption makes for expensive projects; Rice exports reach 1.31 million tonnes in Q1; Russian aviation firm launches office in Vietnam; ODA disbursement on the rise in Q1

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese rice is now “in danger,” finding it difficult to enter the three biggest export markets. Meanwhile, though being welcomed in China, Vietnam keeps cautious about the market.

 WB's reports on Vietnam logistics, waterway transport; Vietnam seeks US support for TPP negotiations; Draft US regulations hinder Vietnamese seafood exports;  Local businesses hope for brighter future in 2014

 US unveils anti-dumping duty on Vietnam’s steel pipe; Japan investors expanding e-commerce in Vietnam;

 Trade deficit with China up 76 times in 10 years; PM: banking sector must act strongly on restructuring; Ministry looks to improve OTT management; New law brings in caretaker for bankruptcy assets

 VietNamNet Bridge – China has bought around one-third of Vietnam’s 6.3 million tons of export rice via official channel, not counting the amount via border trade, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The rice demand is increasing in the world market, but Vietnamese farmers have sold out their third-crop rice. Exporters don’t have rice to sell while the Filipino government has opened an invitation for bids.