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Vietnam's aquatic exports have been recovering in the first five months of 2014 with a revenue of 2.86 billion USD, up 21 percent from a year earlier, said the Vietnam Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on June 12.

Vietnam will prioritise the development of its processing, electronics-telecommunication and renewable energy industries, according to a strategy on industrial development to 2025 with a vision to 2035 approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Ninh Binh province is located in the southern part of the Northern delta, about 90km from Hanoi capital.

Vietnam is estimated to record a trade surplus of USD1.6 billion in the first five months this year, or 2.8 percent of the total export turnover during the period, according to the General Statistics Office.

A workshop was held in Hanoi on May 29 to introduce the 2014 Vietnam Annual Economic Report, which highlights the constraints across all fields impacting the country's economic growth.

Foreign investors have committed to investing US$5.5 billion in Viet Nam in the first five months, equal to 65.7% of the same period last year.

Vietnam's annualised inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), rose to 4.72% compared with the 4.45% rate recorded in the previous month, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has announced.

Reputable Forbes magazine of the US has released a list of the world's 2,000 biggest public companies in 2014, including two Vietnamese businesses.

Measures to reverse the dwindling attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) into agriculture was the focus of a seminar in Hanoi on May 19 held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Footwear exports reached US$730 million in April alone, bringing the total export turnover of the products in the first four months of this year to nearly US$2.9 billion, up 21.9% on a year-on-year basis.

Nhân kỷ niệm 60 năm chiến thắng Điện Biên Phủ, trong những ngày cuối tháng 4, đầu tháng 5/2014, tại Bảo tàng Lịch sử quân sự Việt Nam diễn ra Triển lãm "Điện Biên Phủ - Đại tướng - Tổng tư lệnh Võ Nguyên Giáp qua các tác phẩm nghệ thuật". Triển lãm do Hội Khoa học lịch sử Việt Nam, Bảo tàng Lịch sử quân sự Việt Nam, Liên hiệp UNESCO Hà Nội và Hội Quán Di sản phối hợp tổ chức.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a list of 127 national projects calling for foreign investment until 2020.

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 683 million USD in the first four months of the year, according to head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Planning Department Nguyen Tien Vy at a meeting in Hanoi on May 5.

Truyền hình An Viên phát sóng bộ phim tài liệu "Phật giáo Việt Nam đồng hành cùng dân tộc" nhân Đại lễ Phật Đản Vesak Liên hợp quốc 2014 tổ chức tại Việt Nam từ ngày 7 - 10/5/2014.

The Vietnamese economy has expanded 7.8 times since the country regained national independence in 1975, the Government news portal reported.

Lần đầu tiên Việt Nam có Festival Đờn ca tài tử quốc gia, diễn ra tại tỉnh Bạc Liêu từ ngày 24 - 29/4. Cũng là lần đầu tiên, một bộ truyện tranh 3 quyển góp sức quảng bá du lịch cho một địa phương, ra đời nhân sự kiện lễ hội như vậy: Theo dấu chân tài tử Bạc Liêu; Cao Văn Lầu và Nghệ thuật đờn ca tài tử Nam Bộ; Đồng Nọc Nạng.

Vietnam grossed US$9.69 billion from selling agro-forestry and seafood products abroad in the first four months of 2014, a year-on-year increase of 14 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Inflationary pressures in 2014 have remained low, reflecting both weak domestic demand and subdued commodity prices, according to economists at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

The price of RON 92 petrol, the most popular type of fuel for motorbikes in Vietnam, has increased by VND210 to VND24,900.