Keeping the environment clean is a key responsibility of every mineral exploitation company, especially as pollution recently made its way to the top of the government's agenda. SEE MORE Viet Nam could run up a US$4 billion trade deficit for the whole year after three consecutive years of a trade surplus, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) said. SEE MORE Potash and phosphate are both used to produce fertilizers, which are becoming increasingly important as demand for food grows. SEE MORE Vietnam’s economy has weathered the recent turbulence in the external environment fairly well, with growth expected to come in at 6.5 percent this year, the World Bank said Wednesday. SEE MORE Asia is poised to ignite a decade of global trade growth and will be the starting point for a quadrupling of worldwide exports to an estimated $68.5 trillion by 2050, according to a forecast by HSBC. SEE MORE