BASF SE faces a prolonged shut-down of production units at a chemical site in Germany, the largest of its kind in Europe, where a deadly explosion and fire killed two employees and injured dozens. SEE MORE The Southern Rubber Industry Joint Stock Company (CASUMINA) plans to capitalise on opportunities arising from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement to increase sales of its semi-steel radial tyres, considered a strategic product of the company, to the US market. SEE MORE The Vietnam Rubber Group held a ceremony at a plantation in Lung Thang commune of Sin Ho district, Lai Chau province, on October 17 to mark nine years of a rubber development project in northern mountainous provinces. SEE MORE Viet Nam's industrial sector is seeing positive changes in structure, despite a fall in the index of industrial production (IIP) this year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported. SEE MORE Viet Nam's economy accelerated in the third quarter, expanding by 6.6 per cent year-on-year. This marks a sharp improvement from the 5.6 per cent growth rate registered last quarter, said a report on Asian economics conducted by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). SEE MORE