Hanoi (VNA) - The State Securities Commission (SSC) is planning new regulations and decrees on criteria and terms for setting up securities companies, according to SSC Chairman Vu Bang.

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam 's stock markets dropped again last week, matching the downward global trend due to the instability of the world economy.

HCMC (VNA)- Industrial production in Ho Chi Minh City increased some 12.8 percent year on year to almost 122 trillion VND in the first nine months of 2008.

HCM City (VNA) - The number of Vietnamese using debit and credit cards has grown to 900,000, or only one percent of the country's population, according to VISA International.

HCM City (VNA) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged industrial companies to step up production of essential goods to ensure that prices remain stable for the last three months of the ye

HCM City (VNA) - Some 40,000 workers have lost their jobs since anti-dumping duties were imposed on Vietnamese leather-capped shoes by the European Commission (EC) in 2006, according to the Vietn

An Giang (VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of An Giang
welcomed 3.88 million tourists in the first nine months of the year,
up 12 percent over the same period last year.

Can Tho (VNA) " Can Tho International Airport will be put into
operation by the end of this year in order to develop the local
economy and benefit the people of the Mekong Delta.

HCM City (VNA) " The central economic zone is poised to catch up with
its northern and southern counterparts as it attracts increasing

Hanoi (VNA) " Vietnam has to raise its total electricity
generation capacity to 18,000 MW in 2009 to meet fast growing