During 7 Lunar New Year days from 12-18/02, Saigon port has handled 58.212 tons of different kinds of cargoes, including 30.774 tons of inbound cargoes, 1.627 tons of outbound containers, 16.185 tons of domestic imported containers and 9.626 tons of domestic exported containers.

     US Navy Force's logistics ship Richard. E. Byrd recently moored for maintenance in the deep seaport of Hòn Khói, south of Vân Phong Bay, Khánh Hòa Province.

     Vietnam has won a contract to ship 90,000 tonnes of five-percent broken rice to Iraq, announced by the Northern Food Corporation on March 1.

The HCMC Investment and Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) is launching many programs this year to help Vietnamese exporters tap new markets and overcome challenges, the director of the center said on January 28.

Vietnam revealed an export growth rate of 28.1 percent in January compared to a year ago due to the recovery of the global economy causing high export price, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

     ASEAN Ports Association (APA) and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) have offered technical assistance to Saigon Port to improve the quality, efficiency and sustainability in environmental and safety management, said an official in Saigon Port on Tuesday.

     Genoa, Italy, this year will seek investment opportunities and strengthen trade exchanges with Vietnam through improved information channels, implement joint economic, cultural and educational projects, and join activities in celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi.

     Local and foreign investors pledged to inject US$7.36 billion into Binh Dinh Province at an investment promotion conference held Wednesday in the south central province.

     Chinese products have started crowding into Tanjung Priok port following the implementation of the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) earlier this year.

     Vietnam s first ship engine plant, a join venture between the Bach Dang Shipbuilding Corporation and the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd of Japan , was put into operation on February 3.

     HCM City needs to access increased Official Development Assistance (ODA) as well as other capital sources for its urban transport development projects this year, according to the city People's Committee chairman Le Hoang Quan.

The Doosan Company at the Dung Quat Economic Zone in the central province of Quang Ngai held a ceremony on February 22 to export seven large cranes worth US$17.5 million to its Indonesian customer  PT Pelebuhan Samudera Palaran.