The annual Binh Duong International Women’s Cycling Tournament is expected to entertain sport aficionados with exciting races by nine strong teams from eight foreign countries and ten domestic teams during a nine-day competition, starting from March 8 in the southern province of Binh Duong.
The US ACO Investment Group wants to implement renewable energy projects in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong, Chairman and CEO of the group Hari Achuthan said at a working session with local authorities on February 22.
As many as 246 projects worth 5.19 billion USD invested by Japanese firms are operating in the southern province of Binh Duong, accounting for nearly 20 percent of foreign direct investment (FDI) poured into the locality so far.
The southern province of Binh Duong wants to attract more foreign direct investment for tourism development, aiming to achieve an annual growth of 20 percent in the next four years.
Binh Duong province has set a target of attracting at least 1.4 billion USD in FDI in 2017, prioritising projects with high technology and large-scale ones on urban and service development.
Binh Duong province’s Fatherland Front Committee has organised a celebration for 200 overseas Vietnamese visitors for Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls on January 28.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s chapter in the southern province of Binh Duong has made significant contributions to Buddhist work as well as to ensuring social security over the past five years.
The Government expects the southern province of Binh Duong to become a strong driving force of the national economy, which drives the growth of the whole country as well as key economic regions, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a working session with provincial leaders on January 1.
The Becamex International Hospital was launched on December 30 in Thuan An town, the southern province of Binh Duong, which is expected to provide locals with health care service meeting international standards.
A delegation from the southern province of Binh Duong’s authorities on December 24 visited and wished local Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers a merry Christmas.
The southern province of Binh Duong earned more than 24.3 billion USD from exports in 2016, up 16.4 percent from the previous year and making up 99.3 percent of the annual target.
The industry development index of the southern province of Binh Duong stood at 10.1 percent in 2016, down 0.2 percent year-on-year, reported the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.
Activities and information related to “Don Ca Tai Tu”, the musical art that UNESCO recognised as an intangible cultural heritage in 2013, will be available at http://doncataitu.vn launched in the southern province of Binh Duong on December 22.
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