Rice exports slump as prices rise; Vietnam needs to restructure tra fish sector; Seven new air routes to connect to Can Tho City; Local dairy firms hike prices in foreign brands’ footsteps;

 Interest rates unlikely to drop further; Coffee growers receive preferential credit loans; Thirty-nine projects lose licences; Central coast eyes huge tourist wave

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s consumer confidence remained fairly stagnant with one point increase to stand at 88 for the last quarter of 2012.

The economic recession, high inflation rate, high unemployment rate, low Tet bonus have in no way affected the Vietnamese habit of drinking beer.