Hanoi (VNA) - Targets have been set to excavate 41 million tonnes of coal
this year, almost half of which will be exported, said the Ministry of
Industry and Trade.

Hanoi (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange saw the end of a short-listed
on Jan.8, with the VN-Index losing 1.7 percent on the day to close at 314.15.

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Securities Commission has extended the deadline for
smaller listed firms to comply with new, higher charter capital requirements.

HCM City (VNA) - Journalists in Ho Chi Minh City have teamed with the Ideas company
to institute the nation's first "Golden Shoe" award for the top goal scorer in

Hanoi (VNA) - The 2 nd meeting of Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) tourism
ministers on Jan. 9 passed a joint declaration concerning recent progress in

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam has set a target of luring just 20 billion USD in foreign
investment this year, nearly one-third of 2008's figure, due to the global economic
downturn.

HCM City (VNA) - Phu Nhuan Jewelry (PNJ) will export 210,000 jewellery sets worth
2.1 million USD to the US, Germany, Denmark and Dubai in the first quarter of this

HCM City (VNA) - The Advertising Research and Training Institute of Vietnam (ARTI
Vietnam) and the Institute for Advertising of Singapore (IAS) have agreed to

Binh Duong (VNA) - Bonfiglioli Riduttori , Italy 's leading global manufacturer
of power transmissions for more than half a century, has opened a 16 million USD

Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has
announced plans to reduce the nation's total aquaculture acreage by 35,000 ha to