HCM City: prices of essential goods falling

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HCM City (VNA) - Prices of several essential goods in Ho Chi Minh City, especially steel, fertilizer and gas, have remarkably decreased thanks to sharp falls in world material and oil prices las

HSBC allowed to increase stake at Techcombank

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Hanoi (VNA) - The Prime Minister has allowed the Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) to sell an additional five percent of stake to the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Co

Expats help to build bridges

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HCM City (VNA) - Eleven overseas Vietnamese individuals are doing their part to prevent the high number of drownings that happen every year in remote areas by initiating projects to build transport

Vietnam's overseas investment grows, focusing in Asia

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Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam 's overseas investment is expected to increase by 20 percent from 2007 to 500 million USD this year, said the Foreign Investment Department (FID), a subsidiary of the Ministr

Mekong delta draws almost 2.8 billion USD in FDI

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Hanoi (VNA) - The Mekong delta attracted 57 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects totalling almost 2.8 billion USD in the first seven months of the year, accounting for 6.3 percent of the coun

More than 11,000 cars violate emissions standards

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Hanoi (VNA) - Of 76,000 cars evaluated, more than 11,000 failed to meet European Emission Standards for passenger cars (Euro 2), according to Nguyen Huu Tri, director of the Vehicle and Motor Test

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