Vietnam coffee export forecast to fall 40%
	Tuesday,  March 16,2010,19:40 (GMT+7) HCMC – Vietnam expects to reach about US$1 billion in coffee export value this year, down 40% against 2009, given low export prices, said Do Ha Nam, vice chairman of the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association.

Wood exporters to cope with new import barriers
	Tuesday,  March 16,2010,19:35 (GMT+7) HCMC – Wood product exporters will need to comply with the Lacey Act – a new product origin barrier – when sending shipments to the U.S., a forestry expert said.

Vietnam warned of inflation and trade deficit
	Monday,  March 15,2010,13:38 (GMT+7) HANOI – The trade deficit is likely to prompt a further fall of the Vietnamese dong this year while food, housing and transport costs are leading inflation higher, according to a Standard Chartered Bank report.

First conference looks into defamation law for media
	Thursday,  March 11,2010,22:38 (GMT+7) HANOI - Journalists, press regulators and experts sat down together in Hanoi on Wednesday for the first time to discuss a defamation law applicable to the media.

Handover of oil refinery rescheduled to early April
	Friday,  March 5,2010,16:55 (GMT+7) HANOI, DANANG – Dung Quat Oil Refinery has seen its handover deadline repeatedly rescheduled, and the final date now is set at early April although the refinery is already running at full capacity, said a source from the project owner.

Japan ambassador reaffirms ODA pledge to Vietnam
	Thursday,  March 4,2010,15:16 (GMT+7) HANOI – The Japanese Government will continue to provide Vietnam with Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds through 2010 and in years to come, said Japan’s Ambassador to Vietnam, Mitsuo Sakaba.

Gov’t: Inflation under check
	Thursday,  March 4,2010,15:15 (GMT+7) HANOI – The Government at a regular monthly meeting ending on Wednesday ascertained that inflation this year would be under control while credit growth would be lower than the permitted rate of 25%.

Vietnam ready for FTA talks with EU, says PM
	Thursday,  March 4,2010,00:49 (GMT+7) HCMC – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Tuesday stressed to EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht that Vietnam’s agencies are ready to start talks with the EU for signing free trade and partnership agreements.

NZ projects GDP growth at 6.5%
	Thursday,  March 4,2010,00:42 (GMT+7) HANOI – The chief executive officer of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, better known as ANZ, is upbeat about Vietnam’s economy, projecting the country’s GDP growth at 6.5% this year.

Vietnam to review 5,400 admin procedures this year
	Wednesday,  March 3,2010,22:04 (GMT+7) HANOI – Over 5,400 administrative procedures will be reviewed and amended this year to comply with the reforms stipulated in National Project 30, the Prime Minister’s task force said.