VINACHEM

The publication sector recently announced after-tax profits of VND73
billion (US$3.5 million) for 2012, a year-on-year increase of 36 per
cent.

Asian currencies headed for the
biggest weekly loss in two months as policy makers from Japan to
the Philippines proposed measures that tend to weaken their
exchange rates.

Oil prices were mixed in Asia today as the market recovered after a snap
reaction to data showing an unexpected surge in US inventories, a sign
of weaker demand, analysts said.

New "paintable" semiconducting polymers can be brushed over a surface to
create a thin-layer film capable of carrying an uninterrupted charge.
This is for the first time a thin-layer, conducting, highly aligned film
has been developed for high-performance, paintable, directly writeable
plastic electronics. Semiconductors are the key ingredient for computer
processors, solar cells and LED displays, but they are expensive.

The National Financial Supervision Committee has forecast that Vietnam’s
inflation rate in 2013 will be controlled at less than 7 percent.