Vietnam’s seafood exports are expected to increase by 6.5 percent to US$6.5 billion this year as the country pushes to become one of the world’s biggest seafood exporters, an industry group said.

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Vietnam seafood exports to hit $6.5 bln this year

Vietnam, the world’s second largest rice exporter, is set to face tough competition from other exporters who offer low-quality varieties at very cheap prices, an industry official said.

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Vietnam rice exporters face growing competition for low-end markets

Singing sensation Justin Bieber is expected to help launch a toy robot made by Hanoi-based TOSY Robotics at the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow – the 2012 International CES – later this week.

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Justin Bieber to unveil Vietnamese robot at CES

Vietnam was among top 25 beer-consuming nations in the world last year, according to the latest report by the research arm of major Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings Co.

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Coffee exports from Vietnam, the world’s largest shipper of robusta beans, may slow in 2012 compared with estimates for 2011, according to an agriculture ministry report published Tuesday.

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Vietnam coffee exports may drop to 1.1 million tons in 2012

Vietnam, the world’s second-largest rice exporter, shipped 7.11 million metric tons in 2011, the Vietnam Food Association said.

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Vietnam exported 7.11 million tons rice in 2011, group says

Vietnam, the world’s biggest producer of robusta coffee, may export 50,000 metric tons this month, according to figures released today by the General Statistics Office in Hanoi, 27.5 percent less than in the same period last year.

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Vietnam November coffee exports forecast at 50,000 tons

Coffee beans from the season started last month in Vietnam, the world’s largest producer of the robusta variety, will reach Europe by mid-December at the earliest, helping erode stockpiles, Volcafe said.

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Omnicom Group Inc., the second- largest advertising company, is weighing takeovers in Vietnam, Indonesia, China and Brazil to expand alongside its biggest customers in the world’s higher-growth markets.

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Vietnam’s inflation is slowing but it will still hit 19 percent by the end of the year as one of the world’s highest rates, the National Assembly ’s Economic Committee has forecast.

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Inflation set to hit 19 percent by end-2011: NA committee