HA NOI — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung witnessed two co-operation agreements signed between Vietnamese groups and US partners yesterday while attending the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. SEE MORE HCM CITY — Many small and medium-sized companies are considering shifting to other businesses or cutting production levels because of the high interest rates on bank loans. SEE MORE HA NOI — Investor sentiment on the nation's stock markets improved throughout last week, helped by measures by the State Bank of Viet Nam to ease interest rate pressures, lifting the VN-Index to a close on Friday of 517.46 points, a gain of 1.36 per cent from the previous week. SEE MORE VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas remittances, foreign direct investment capital and foreign currency credit have all helped cool the foreign currency market. Yet economists still cast dubious eyes at the dong/dollar exchange rate performance for 2010. SEE MORE HA NOI — More foreign companies are locating their Southeast Asian headquarters in Viet Nam, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade in a new report on foreign direct investment in 2009. SEE MORE