The German online newspaper Deutsche Welle-DW highlighted Vietnam’s efforts to promote economic liberalisation and attract more investors in an article on October 10.
Da Nang International Airport in central Da Nang city and Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi have been ranked 23rd and 28th, respectively, in a survey on the Top 30 Best Airports in Asia.
The central coastal city of Da Nang raked in 10.2 trillion VND (453.86 million USD) from tourism services in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 30.2 percent.
The Tokyo-based outsourcing giant Transcosmos has acquired a 30 percent stake in Hotdeal Co Ltd, which owns Vietnam's largest e-commerce marketplace hotdeal.vn.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang granted 30 new investment
licences in the first six months of this year to projects in
agriculture, industry, tourism and trade, according to the provincial
People’s Committee.
Airports across the country served 29.8 million passengers and handled
467,000 tonnes of goods in the first half of this year, marking
year-on-year increases of 20.4 percent and 7.7 percent, respectively,
Lai Xuan Thanh, Head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam
(CAAV), said.
An Indonesian C-130 Hercules air force plane crashed and burst into
flames in a residential area shortly after take-off on June 30, killing
at least 30 people.
Economic reforms aim to broaden choices for residents, said Vo Tri
Thanh, Vice Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management
(CIEM) at a conference evaluating achievements and challenges for the
Vietnamese economy held in Hanoi on June 23.
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is expected to add
30 percent to Vietnam's GDP over the next 10 years, the US Assistant
Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs said at a press
briefing held in HCM City last week.
The tourism sector in the Southeast region is striving towards
attracting 30 million visitors by 2020, earning around 125 trillion VND
(5.75 billion USD), according to the new master plan for the sector.
The first containers of Vietnam’s lychee will undergo irradiation
treatment and be shipped to the United States and Australia in a few
days, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
(MARD).
Ben Tre Province, one of the largest salt producers in the Mekong
Delta, has harvested 30 percent more salt this season because of the
prolonged hot weather and high salinity level of sea water.
More than 30 socio-economic investment projects will be carried out in
the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum,
and Lam Dong, under commitments made a conference held in Lam Dong on
May 17.
Around 800 people, including young entrepreneurs, artists, scientists,
activists, professionals and students gathered at the Under 30 Summit
themed “the Next Generation” in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12.
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