In the staunchly competitive coffee industry, leading economists forecast Vietnam is set to become the world’s largest coffee exporter, providing the Southeast Asian nation can surmount its shortcomings.

Businesses from Akita prefecture, northern Japan, on August 1 toured the southern province of Binh Duong to inquire into investment climate there.

Di An town’s Police Agency, on July 1, held a training course for self-defense forces among the workers of enterprises.

Early July 31, TDM city’s Farmers Association held a conference to sum up the 7th emulation movement of “Good farmers in production and business” in the period of 2012 and 2014.

Since early this year, province-based Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks (VSIPs) have further drawn more FDI capital. This showed that they have continued being an ideal destination for investors.

Since early this year, province-based VSIPs have continued reaching a positive result in FDI attraction, accccording to the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) Management Board.

Along with the robust growth in FDI attraction and the rapid disbursement of FDI sector, the province has witnessed many FDI projects put into operation. Noticebly, two big projects invested by Japanese corporations in the fields of trade-services and urban infrastructure will go on stream by the end of 2014.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) on July 28 reduced the price of RON 92 gasoline by 330 VND (1.6 US cents) to 25,310 VND (1.21 USD) per litre.

The General Statistics Office (GSO) on July 28 reported that the total retail sale of goods and services in the first seven months achieved a year-on-year increase of 11.4 percent to 78.8 billion USD.

Why has the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) decided to make a law to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) based on a study and experiences of Japan and South Korea?