HCM City (VNA) - Denmark 's BankInvest Private Equity New Markets Group (BankInvest) will become a 20 percent shareholder of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Son Kim Fashion Corporation (SKF).

Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the go-ahead to the Vietnam-Laos Power Company to increase investment in the Sekaman 3 hydroelectric project up to 311.7 million USD from th

Ottawa (VNA) - Vietnam and Canada held the second round of negotiations on investment encouragement and protection agreement in Ottawa from Sept. 30-Oct.

Hanoi (VNA) - A new programme aims to improve management of small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Vietnam.

Hanoi (VNA)- Many Vietnamese know by heart a sweet song that tells the legend of Nui Coc Lake in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

HCM City (VNA)- The French General Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City and the Institute for Cultural Exchange of France (Idecaf) inaugurated the 'Month of Images-2008' on October 2 to introduce a new st

Bac Ninh (VNA) - The 2008 Kinh Bac Fair opened in the northern province of Bac Ninh on Oct. 2 with more than 100 stalls.

HCM City (VNA) - Microsoft Vietnam has launched an open license publication (OLP) programme to help small- and medium-sized enterprises legalise their Windows software applications during

Ben Tre (VNA) - Vietnam 's first coconut palm festival will take place in the southern province of Ben Tre on Jan. 16 next year, the organising board said on Oct. 2.

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese coffee businesses and farmers have agreed to begin trading on the direct farm produce trading floor, which is scheduled to open in the Central Highlands province of D