Although most seafood businesses have not earned a profit in recent times due to increasing input costs and other difficulties such as lack of materials, they are expected to reach their US$5.3 billion export target.

The Consumer Price Index was likely to continue to rise over the next few months but at a slower rate, said General Statistics Office deputy general director Tran Thi Hang yesterday.

Exactly 125 years ago an Atlanta pharmacist mixed up a cure for headache and fatigue and stumbled upon the recipe for what has become one of the world's most recognisable drinks and brand names.

International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to support banks in implementing power saving programs by offering technical and specialist groups who visit and make quick auditing in enterprises to define chances of improving power efficiency.

A few years ago, solar power was rather new; however, it is now becoming an effective resort to save energy used.

Binh Duong province’s rural region has over time made considerable changes, due to fast industrialization and urbanization. Agriculture and rural development herein have also seen growth in quality…

Vietnamese fisheries businesses attended the annual European Seafood Exposition 2011 held in Brussels, Belgium, from May 3-5.

Purchasing power at province-based supermarkets and plazas saw sharp increase during the April 30 and May 1 holidays. Many promotion programs were also launched by supermarkets and plazas, helping them attract more customers.

Phu Giao district has over the past years developed mushroom growing, aside from planting high valued trees of rubber, pepper, cashew…

Nguyen Thanh Nghia, CEO and general director of Dai Thien Loc JSC, said the company has always paid attention to laborers’ spiritual and material life. Specifically, on April 30 and May 1 public holidays, the company held an excursion to Mui Ne beach for 170 its staff with the expense of VND1.7-2mil per person.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on May 15 will cooperate with Taiwanese Business Association to propagate WTO commitments to local businesses at Song Than 2 IP and Di An town.

Vietnam strongly supports the ADB’s initiatives for the goal of a poverty-free Asia and will actively take part in these activities, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Millions of people in the Asia-Pacific region remain vulnerable to environmental, social and economic risks.

Right from early months of 2011, real estate price in Binh Duong surge 15-35%. However, experts said that the increase is still unreasonable and should have been higher. Owing to a curb on gold business and recession of stock exchange, idle money of people is eyeing real estate investment. These reasons contribute to surge price of real estate.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), said the group reached VND205,000bil in the first four months of 2011, equaling 41% of its year plan, a 49% increase from the same period of 2010. Of this, the group reached US$3.7bil in oil turnover and paid VND50.500bil to the State budget, a 34.9% rise from 2010.