Sharp rise seen in VN consumer confidence; VN-EU pact to deliver the goods; Steel industry seeks more Gov't help; Budget revenue up, oil down; Hanoi seeks to attract more investors; Number of new realty companies surges

 HCM City to set up 28 industrial clusters; Ha Noi to speed up land right transfers; Ceramic makers admit need for improvements; Viglacera to begin work on four industrial parks; Enterprises disappointed about slow administrative reforms: VCCI

 VinGroup to convert international bonds into shares; Viglacera signs MoU with Cuban construction giant; Textile businesses investing in advance of TPP; EVN struggles to cope with rising input costs

  Indian businesses eye Vietnam market; Investors confident in southern business climate; Huge potential for expanded trade with Russia; Power production up by 10.4% this year; Russia allows more VN seafood

Transfer pricing out of control in Vietnam; Canon up-phases Bac Ninh factory; Prefab factories trending now in IPs; Industrial inventory index remains high in early 2014; Hanoi urged to up investment in concentrated IT park

 Viglacera construction materials firm to go public; Leading cement corp. targets 30 trillion VND in revenue; Buyers more confident in made-in-Vietnam goods; Vietnam welcomes US investor in silk industry