Hanoi ’s consumer price index (CPI) in February rose 1.45 percent against last month, representing a year-on-year increase of 15.64 percent.

World coffee prices show a sharp increase of 17 percent over the last week and 21 percent against January 2012.

HCM City’s consumer price index (CPI) in February increased by 1.32 percent over January – a record high in nine months but lower than last year’s February figure, according to HCM City’s General Statistics Office.

The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) will organise the 6th International Exhibition on Shipbuilding, Marine Technology and Transportation, titled Vietship 2012, from February 28 to March 1 in Hanoi .

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development set a target of attaining US$6.5 billion in seafood exports in 2012. Under a seafood export development strategy for the 2010-2020 period, Vietnam will export US$10 billion worth of seafood products and become one the world's fourth biggest seafood exporters by 2020.

Coffee exports are forecast to hit 1.2 million tons and earn US$3 billion in revenue, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has announced that it hit a record high of US$22.3 million in export turnover in January 2012, up five times against the same month of last year.

Viet Nam has re-entered the list of top ten countries gaining consumer confidence and spending intentions of Nielsen’s Global Survey in this regard by scoring 99 points.

Seafood exports to the EU have been slowing down due to the public debt crisis in the region. However, the US and South American markets have “rescued” Vietnam’s tra fish.

Vietnam’s exports in 2012 are expected to grow by 13 percent with total turnover exceeding US$100 billion for the first time. This is no easy task for the sector to achieve this target set by the second session of the 13th National Assembly.

Vietnam is forecast to export 200,000 tonnes of cashew nuts this year, earning US$1.75 billion in revenue, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

For the recent two years, bags has been listed among export items with more than US $1 billion in revenue.

Vietnam’s total seafood output reached 5.3 million tonnes in 2011, representing a year-on-year increase of 4.4 percent, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.

Viet Nam exported 400,000 tons of rice, earned US $240 million in January, and saw 25.4% decrease in quantity and 14.2% decline in value against the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam will pay more attention to disbursing foreign direct investment capital rather than increasing the amount of registered capital in 2012, says the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).