About 745.4 trillion VND (32 billion USD) was collected for the State budget in the first half of 2019, equivalent to 52.8 percent of the year’s target and up 13.2 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is expected to put pressure on Vietnamese enterprises to increase their competitiveness in order to make inroads into the European market.
The tenth meeting of the APEC Port Services Network (APSN) Council under the Transportation Working Group (APTWG) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18.
The northern province of Phu Tho aims to apply modern waste treatment
technologies in urban and rural zones in a bid to improve the quality of
living conditions and protect the environment.
Criteria related to environmental conservation has become the most
difficult to achieve among the 19 criteria of the national target
programme on building new-style rural areas, with only 26 percent of the
communes under the programme currently meeting this requirement
The garment and textile industry has taken measures to protect the
environment such as implementing cleaner production programme,
encouraging enterprises to apply environmental management standards and
creating a good workplace for labourers, the Vietnam Economic News
reported on May 29.
With an increasingly competitive business environment, enterprises have
to improve their technological capabilities to increase business
efficiency and labour productivity, the Vietnam Economic News reported
on May 15.
Vietnam and Laos will put into action a joint 38 million USD project
to plant rubber trees and other industrial crops in Xaychamphone
district in Bolikhamxay province, Laos.
The WB-funded Rural Finance Project II
(RFP II) has recorded better-than-expected results, having help the
agricultural sector develop in a more sustainable manner.
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