Viettel plans to launch 3G next month
	Tuesday,  February 9,2010,16:36 (GMT+7) HCMC – The military-run telecom company Viettel plans to launch third generation network services in March to be the third provider in the country after Vinaphone and MobiFone.

Dong Thap’s unhusked rice prices down
	Monday,  February 8,2010,15:26 (GMT+7) HCMC – Unhusked rice prices in Dong Thap Muoi and Tan Hong districts in Dong Thap Province have declined by 15% to VND5,000 per kilo over the past 10 days although the winter-spring crop has just begun.

Jan auto sales increase 76%
	Monday,  February 8,2010,15:16 (GMT+7) HCMC – Sales of locally assembled automobiles in Vietnam in the first month of the year picked up 76% year-on-year to over 6,960 units, according to a recent report from the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA).

Export-import procedures pile up at ports
	Friday,  February 5,2010,09:34 (GMT+7) HCMC – Ports in HCMC have seen an overload of export and import procedures as enterprises have pushed up exports since early last month and with the traditional Lunar New Year, or Tet, nearing.

VietTrade supports poor craft families
	Friday,  February 5,2010,09:31 (GMT+7) HCMC – The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VietTrade) is coordinating with international organizations on a project to improve production and trade for poor handicraft families in the northern provinces of Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Hoa Binh and Phu Tho, according to VietTrade.

Higher domestic airfares likely
	Thursday,  February 4,2010,18:48 (GMT+7) HCMC - The Ministry of Transport has written to the Ministry of Finance proposing new ceilings for economy-class domestic airfares as a measure to prop up local airlines in 2010.

Tien Giang to host Vietnam Fruit Festival
	Thursday,  February 4,2010,15:14 (GMT+7) HCMC – The Mekong Delta’s Tien Giang Province will organize the first national Fruit Festival in My Tho City on April 19-24 in an effort to promote the province’s rich source of fruits as well as prop up its tourism industry, said provincial chairman Tran The Ngoc.

Price of Dam Phu My fertilizer to rise 10% this year
	Wednesday,  February 3,2010,15:10 (GMT+7) HCMC – PetroVietnam Ferilizer and Chemicals Corporation (PVFCCo) has plans to raise the selling price of its Dam Phu My urea fertilizer to VND6,500 per kilogram this year, or a rise of nearly 10% compared to the current price of VND6,000, said the corporation’s chairman.

Japan firm helps develop manpower for Vietnam
	Wednesday,  February 3,2010,15:08 (GMT+7) HCMC – Some 50 Japanese experts were sent by Japan Overseas Development Corporation to Vietnam last month to help with human resource development and technology transfer in the country, said the company’s president at a function here on Tuesday.

Vietnam’s dairy sector gets a boost from joint project
	Wednesday,  February 3,2010,15:03 (GMT+7) HCMC - After five years of operation, the Vietnam-Belgium Dairy project has brought about a 42% increase in milk production and a 100% increase in the prices for dairy farmers within the region of the project area, said a source from the project.