S. Korean firms explore business chances
	Wednesday,  May 22,2013,22:04 (GMT+7) HANOI – Ten companies from South Korea attended a business forum in Hanoi on Tuesday to sound out opportunities for investment in Vietnam.

Controversy keeps raging over swallow breeding
	Wednesday,  May 22,2013,22:02 (GMT+7) HCMC – State managers and swallow breeders keep voicing contrary opinions about a draft circular on requirements for raising swallows in Vietnam.

Textile firms enjoy numerous export contracts
	Wednesday,  May 22,2013,21:58 (GMT+7) HCMC – Many members in the local textile industry say they have won plenty of export contracts for this year and that they are running at full capacity to meet deadlines.

PM okays long-awaited VAMC establishment
	Wednesday,  May 22,2013,21:53 (GMT+7) HCMC – The Prime Minister has signed a decision approving the long-awaited establishment of a debt trading firm called Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC), Le Minh Hung, deputy governor of the central bank, told a press briefing on Tuesday.

City’s CPI falls for third straight month
	Tuesday,  May 21,2013,21:20 (GMT+7) HCMC – The Price Consumer Index (CPI) in HCMC has fallen 0.16% this month against April, marking the third consecutive month of decline, resulting in a mild rise of only 0.66% in the year to date.

City scheme for exterior bus advertising
	Tuesday,  May 21,2013,21:18 (GMT+7) HCMC – HCMC is studying a scheme for advertising on the outside of buses in order to reduce subsidies for bus services.

Firms expect to hire more staff
	Tuesday,  May 21,2013,21:18 (GMT+7) HCMC - VietnamWorks released its latest online employment report just last week which revealed that labor demand at its corporate clients was on the rise, especially in a number of specific industries.

VND30-tril. package not realty savior
	Monday,  May 20,2013,22:27 (GMT+7) HCMC – The central bank has stressed that the VND30-trillion home loan package is not aimed to rescue the property market, but to help low and middle-income people buy homes and create market confidence.

More staff recruited by realty brokerage firms
	Friday,  May 17,2013,10:53 (GMT+7) HCMC – Regardless of the current woes faced by the real estate market, many realty brokerage firms are racing to recruit more staff to expand operations and deploy new business plans to approach customers and market products more effectively.

Vinacomin stands firm on bauxite projects
	Friday,  May 17,2013,10:52 (GMT+7) HANOI – Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) on Thursday stressed its determination to continue Nhan Co and Tan Rai bauxite mining projects in the Central Highlands, saying that the projects would fetch profits in long term despite much concern on their economic efficiency.