VAFI calls for tax on trading of gold bars; Excess cement prompts production check; Survey condemns quality of companies' financial reports; VN Airlines announces new S Korea route

 Vietnam’s inflation beats all regional nations; SOEs reform is too slow; Farmers shy away from shrimp farming despite good price; Firm hand on asset tiller buoys market; State Audit reports on SBV performance in 2011

 Restructured Viettel to concentrate on core business; SME owners determined to succeed; Moody's rating for VietinBank ‘stable'; Vinacomin clarifies tax confusion

Agro-products to face tough battles ahead; HCM City eyes economic growth of 9.5-10%; Commodity exchanges call for help; Ornamental-fish sector revises business strategy

VietJetAir opens Hanoi-Bangkok flight route; Most Vietnamese prefer domestic-made shoes; Gov’t rules out nine low capacity cement projects; Panama to talk double taxation avoidance with VN

Chinese businessmen have been collecting the roots of pepper plants in Chu Se district of Gia Lai province, the biggest pepper growing area in Vietnam.

Greater cooperation needed for central region tourism; Rice exporters dodge rules via consignment contracts; Russian businesses keen to invest in Vietnam; Electronics market struggles to survive

Japanese firms keen on support industry; Vietnamese giants eye Myanmar market; Banks see increase in outstanding loans; HCM City’s March CPI down 0.29 pct; First FDI highway project in Vietnam

US$57 million Diamond field project launched; Vietnam-EU FTA under discussion; Footwear firms buoyed by prospect of EU deal; Auto sales plunge in February; Gambling in Hanoi still open only to foreigners

Some international experts have proposed to impose trade sanctions on Vietnam which they believe a “hot spot” in rhino horn trade.

“Vinacafe” is the name the Vietnam National Coffee Corporation used in the transactions with the partners. Meanwhile, Vinacafé Bien Hoa Company affirms that Vinacafe is a brand of its products.

Samsung taxed by review plan; Bright forecast for textile industry; US$112 million ADB loan for agricultural development; Price adjustments feared to fuel inflation: survey

A lot of Vietnamese billionaires have been found as the ones who have made investments in the homeland after a long period of doing business in East European countries.

Vinacomin in the clear over duties; Kazakhstan carrier eyes Hanoi; Kien Giang plans Cambodia sea route; Banks optimistic about inflation; Vietnam, Germany hold seminar on energy policy

Mekong Delta rice exports up 18 percent; Trade with Bangladesh down; Real estate giant VinGroup hits record revenue; Province to revoke 8 mining licences; New opportunities for US investors

January sees better auto sales; Experts: More foreign capital to flow this year; Seafood exports down in Q1; Russia, VN eye $7b in trade; Leading developer posts falling profit

Illicit cigarettes face crackdown; Ad expense rules need reform, chambers say; Medicine needed for health investment; Wind power project begins on Phu Quy; PetroVietnam seeks fund for the $9bn refinery

New regulation seeks to refine urban planning process; Government approves border zone development; Balance of payment surplus estimated 10 bln USD; Ha Noi inflation double that of HCM City in first month of 2013

Avon, one of the three foreign invested enterprises which distribute products in Vietnam under the mode of multi-level marketing (MLM) has announced the withdrawal from the Vietnamese market.

Nguyen Trong Khoa, who is well known as the “domain name baron,” may be sued by Eurowindow as a blackmailer.