The General Statistics Office (GSO) has predicted that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter this year would increase by 5.7-5.9 percent over the same period last year, which stood at just 3.1 percent. The forecast is based on production and business activity in the first two months of 2010, taking into account both favourable conditions (like the current global economic recovery)... 

Exports nationwide gained US$3.9 billion in February, raising the total figure of turnover in the first two months of this year to over US$8.9 billion, matching the same period in 2009. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, exports in January-February showed optimistic signs. Many exports increased sharply against the same period last year, including crude oil (by 74 percent), coal (by...