Vietnam and Hong Kong (China) are in the face of big opportunities to push up investment and trade cooperation, experts said at a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 20.
Some 270 farmer households in the Mekong Delta provinces of Dong Thap and Tien Giang will receive support to improve their mango supply chain’s competitiveness under the Australia Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)’s project launched in Cao Lanh city, Dong Thap province on September 19.
Vietnam has a diverse and well-developed agricultural and food industry that offers vast opportunities to companies in the food industry, from sourcing to processing, a Hong Kong speaker said at a forum held on September 19 in HCM City.
Measures to expand market for clean agricultural products were discussed at the Vietnam Agricultural Policy Forum in Hanoi on September 19.
A recent B2B Meeting held by the Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City provided networking and partnership opportunities for Vietnamese and Indian businesses in the electrical and power sector.
The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) is proceeding to sell a maximum of 60 million treasury stocks on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, the second sale of its kind since its debut in April 2017.
The Philippines' outstanding external debt stood at 72.2 billion USD by the end of June 2018, down by 997 million USD or 1.4 percent from the end of March 2018, the country’s central bank has announced.
E-commerce is growing rapidly and thus posing challenges to State management agencies, as heard at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 14 reviewing the five-year implementation of the government’s Decree No.52/2013/ND-CP on e-commerce.
The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong plans to ban non-local agricultural products from sale at Da Lat Agricultural Products Market beginning on September 15.
The Vietnamese shrimp exporters have been in a tough year in 2018 as world supply saw strong increases that brought down both shrimp price and demand in major markets.
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) of Ho Chi Minh City sustained its growth during the last eight months, gaining 0.24 percentage points month on month and predicted to rise 8.1 percent this year – higher than the 7.9 percent in 2017.
Consumption of bio-fuel E5 RON 92 nationwide increased 31.8 percent in the first half of this year to 1.78 million cubic metres, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The 7th international exhibition on technology, equipment and solutions for electricity transmission and distribution (Electric & Power Vietnam 2018) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 12.
Vietnam is classified as one of the outperformers among emerging economies, according to a report of McKinsey Global Institute (MGI).
Many investors and enterprises of the Republic of Korea are very interested in doing business in Vietnam in general and in Hanoi in particular, hoping to capitalize on the advantages of the country and the city, said Chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) Huh Chang-soo on September 12.
A delegation of Vietnamese businesses had a working visit to Argentina from September 8-11 to seek cooperation and investment opportunities in the South American country.
The Grow Asia Forum was held in Hanoi on September 11 within the framework of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN 2018 which lasts from September 11-13.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho earned more than 10.5 trillion VND (451.5 million USD) in retail and service revenue in August, up 15 percent year on year, according to the city’s Statistics Office.
