The art exhibition displays about 30 paintings and artefacts by Cambodian artists, as part of the Cambodia Culture Week in Viet Nam.

 

Local exporters are worried a new EU regulation requiring certificate of origin will hurt shipments to the largest market for Vietnamese seafood.

 

 

 

 

The Ministry of Industry and Trade predicted that in 2009 and 2010 Vietnam will be experiencing difficulties regarding its exports. To overcome these difficulties, the ministry says that Vietnam will increase exports and reduce the trade deficit in 2009 and 2010, mostly via the key export markets of Vietnam.

 

When Nguyen Tan Dung became Prime Minister of Vietnam two years ago, the former central bank governor was widely viewed as a progressive who would continue to drive the communist country's remarkable transition from moribund planned economy to a booming capitalist one. But this year, Vietnam's outlook has dimmed. While GDP growth remains strong at more than 7%, the inflation rate has rocketed to 25%, there have been a large number of outbreaks of labor unrest and the stock market has plunged by nearly two-thirds since January, making it the worst-performing in the world.