HCM City (VNA) - Domestic brands of meat are encountering fierce competition from imported meat, which is selling at lower costs, officials said.

Building of big tourism project at Lao side of Golden Triangle

Hanoi (VNA) - The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) will make 33,000 billion VND (2.1 billion USD) available as loans for small and medium-sized businesses in the 2008-2010 pe

Hanoi (VNA) - It is difficult for the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to achieve its yearly target of tapping 16.2 million tonnes of crude oil this year, according to a group ex

Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) plans to mobilise 350 million USD from outside sources for agricultural development in 2009.

TOKYO, Sept. 16 Kyodo - Lehman Brothers Japan Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday with the Tokyo District Court following the collapse of its U.S.

TOKYO, Sept. 16 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Tuesday shrugged off the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Baku,16 September,(TAj)Azerbaijan-Sweden business Forum organized by the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Fund (Azpromo) started September 16 in Stockholm, Sweden.

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 6, 19; ADDS with pension fund investment from para 24)

Baku,16 September,(AzerTAj)Natural gas reserves lying in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian sea is estimated at 2.5-3.4 trillion cubic meters, Mr.