Hanoi (VNA) - Some goods and services, including finance and insurance,
have received a Government waiver against paying value added tax (VAT).

Beijing, Dec 13 (ANTARA) - China has been importing one to two tons of Indonesian zalacca fruit every week since it opened its market for the fruit on September 4, 2008, an Indonesian agriculture m

Surabaya, E Java, Dec 13 (ANTARA) - Telkomsel, the cellular phone unit of state telecommunications operator PT Telkom, gave the assurance it will not raise its capital expenditures (capex) next yea

FUKUOKA, Dec. 13 Kyodo -
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak

FUKUOKA, Dec. 13 Kyodo - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao proposed to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on
Saturday that the two countries start negotiations on a bilateral free trade

FUKUOKA, Dec. 13 Kyodo - The top leaders of Japan, China and South Korea agreed Saturday on the need to
enhance joint cooperation to effectively respond to ''serious challenges'' in

FUKUOKA, Dec. 13 Kyodo - East Asia's three biggest economies showed a united front Saturday on efforts
to counter the adverse effects of the global financial turmoil, calling for

TOKYO, Dec. 13 Kyodo - Japan's 12 major car and truck makers have decided to slash their global
production by more than 2,113,400 units in fiscal 2008 through next March amid

TOKYO, Dec. 13 Kyodo - Toyota Motor Corp. is expected to further revise downward its group earnings
projections for the second half of the current fiscal year and to report an

Jeddah, December 13, SPA -- Conergy Asia-Pacific (a regional
subsidiary of Hamburg-based Conergy AG) has been awarded a contract