Hanoi ’s consumer price index (CPI) in February rose 1.45 percent against last month, representing a year-on-year increase of 15.64 percent.

World coffee prices show a sharp increase of 17 percent over the last week and 21 percent against January 2012.

HCM City’s consumer price index (CPI) in February increased by 1.32 percent over January – a record high in nine months but lower than last year’s February figure, according to HCM City’s General Statistics Office.

The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) will organise the 6th International Exhibition on Shipbuilding, Marine Technology and Transportation, titled Vietship 2012, from February 28 to March 1 in Hanoi .

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development set a target of attaining US$6.5 billion in seafood exports in 2012. Under a seafood export development strategy for the 2010-2020 period, Vietnam will export US$10 billion worth of seafood products and become one the world's fourth biggest seafood exporters by 2020.