Italy helps promote industrial clustering in Vietnam
	Monday,  August 2,2010,22:12 (GMT+7) HCMC – The Italian government has announced an industrial clustering project for Vietnam, targeting small and medium enterprises especially those in wood processing, shoes, garment and textile areas in HCMC and Binh Duong Province.

HAGL close to convertible bond deal with Temasek
	Monday,  August 2,2010,22:01 (GMT+7) HCMC - Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAGL) is finalizing procedures to issue convertible bonds worth some US$60 million for Singapore’s investment company Temasek Holdings, the group’s chairman Doan Nguyen Duc said.

Experts rebuff Fitch’s Vietnam downgrade
	Friday,  July 30,2010,14:57 (GMT+7) HCMC - International credit rating agency Fitch on Thursday announced that it had downgraded Vietnam’s foreign and local currency sovereign rating to B+ from BB-, a move which is rejected by several local and international experts.

Gasohol to flow at filling stations next month
	Friday,  July 30,2010,11:57 (GMT+7) HCMC - PetroVietnam Oil Corp. (PV Oil) and PETEC Trading and Investment Corp. look set to start selling gasohol blended from 95% of unleaded gasoline A92 and 5% ethanol (E5) at more than 20 filling stations nationwide from August 1.

Livestock feed import grows 60% y-o-y
	Thursday,  July 29,2010,21:12 (GMT+7) HCMC – Import of livestock feed and other ingredients into the country has amounted to US$937 million this year, a year-on-year increase of over 60% despite slackened demand from cattle, poultry and seafood farmers.

Driver training center opened in Binh Duong
	Thursday,  July 29,2010,00:51 (GMT+7) HCMC - Song Than Industrial Joint Stock Co. on Tuesday commissioned a driver training and testing center worth VND35 billion (some US$1.8 million) in Song Than Industrial Zone 2 in Di An District, Binh Duong Province.

City keeps lid on prices of learning tools
	Wednesday,  July 28,2010,21:16 (GMT+7) HCMC – The HCMC government said on Monday that it is spending nearly VND35 billion on a program of stabilizing prices of some learning tools such as uniforms, notebooks and schoolbags for all pupils around the city.

Gov’t plans to improve pharmaceutical industry
	Wednesday,  July 28,2010,21:12 (GMT+7) HANOI – Vietnam would create a more favorable environment for the local pharmaceutical industry to meet the domestic demand and reduce reliance on imports, health officials said at a seminar in Hanoi on Monday.

Positive Outlook As Absorption Increases
	Wednesday,  July 28,2010,16:46 (GMT+7) According to the just released CBRE Quarterly Report, after the lackluster first quarter, the local property market was back on the fast track of recovery in the second quarter given positive economic signals. The market will continue to move forward as absorption in all sectors has grown recently.

Enterprises Still Beset With Tax And Customs Problems
	Wednesday,  July 28,2010,16:41 (GMT+7) During a dialogue session between enterprises and finance officials, including those in charge of taxes and customs, which the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently held in Hanoi, many businesses had the opportunity to voice their concerns and submit their proposals to the authorities