Expert claims tycoon arrest disrupts investor confidence; Real estate prices forecast to reach record low in 2013; FIEs gain US$10.5 billion in trade surplus; Even in rice export, the benefits are minimal.

Energy giants fuel oil discussions; Economy expected to prosper in 2013; Mini-apartment sector at risk; Contractors rapped on slow motorway construction progress; VND2 trillion for SMEs; Agro-forestry and seafood exports keep rising