Vietnam Airlines will open a new route from the northern port city of Hai Phong to the central city of Da Nang on April 28.

E-commerce will become an effective key tool for business and trading in 2011-2015.

Tuna is one of Vietnam’s key exports, after shrimp and tra fish, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP).

Customers have begun thinking more about electricity-saving measures when the price of electricity has increased by 15.3% amid the current escalation of the prices. Hence, electronics manufacturers have constantly launched a lot of products with electricity-saving technologies for customers.

Industrial parks ranking is considered vital in the face of highly competition among them nation wide as a whole and within one province. Binh Duong province is planned with 28 industrial parks, and therefore, is a step forward in ranking industrial parks and enhancing competitiveness.

In the afternoon of April 18, Binh Duong Provincial People’s Committee (PPC) has awarded merit certificates and honor to 4 groups and 5 individuals in banking field at the venue of Binh Duong branch of Vietcombank where a summary conference was on going to sum up emulation movement of banking field in 2010.

Vietnam exported 600,000 tons of coffee, earning US$1.1bln in the first six months of the 2011-2011 coffee crop.

Provincial Association for the Blind held a get-together for its members to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Vietnam Association for the Blind (April 17, 1969-April 17, 2011).

In the first quarter of 2011, businesses in industrial parks (IPs) under provincial IPs Management Board continued reaping positive results in their production-trading activities.

The International “LifeStyle Vietnam 2011” fair for fine art, handicrafts, wood products and gifts was held in HCM City on April 18 with the participation of 250 craft businesses displaying 700 pavilions.

A series of imported diary products is in the race of price hike at 5-10%. At retail shops, imported diary products such as Dumex, Abbott, Enfagrow… are on the price hike constantly.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) is accelerating the building of the Dung Quat bio-fuel production plant, aiming put it into operation on a trial run by October, 2011.

Ho Sau in Tay Hoa commune of Trang Bom district is the first person in Dong Nai province joining in breeding iguana for over 2 years. At present, he has positively multiplicated and offered iguana meat with the price of VND160,000/kg.

Di An Co.op under Di An Trading-Services Cooperative opened on the morning of April 15.

Owing to the global economic recession, some local export businesses faced many difficulties. However, thanks to attention to local market, businesses enjoy a solid foundation from the market to raise competition in the export market.