Nation on high alert as bird flu threatens
Viet Nam faces a high risk of bird flu outbreaks due to unfavourable
weather conditions, which reduce animals’ natural resistance, as well as
the development of new poultry flocks after Tet, according to the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Tobacco, temporary imports and tax targeted
The Government is drafting a decree on sanctioning administration violations of copyright and related rights.
Retail sales, services up 10.9%
Total revenue from retail trade and services during the first two months
of 2013 was estimated at VND422.2 trillion (US$20.59 billion), a surge
of 10.9 per cent year-on-year.
VinGroup to sell stakes in affiliate
Property developer VinGroup is offering to sell all of the stakes, worth
VND4.05 trillion (US$193.8 million), in its affiliate Fortune Trading
and Investment Joint Stock Co, the HCM City Stock Exchange announced.