The Party General Secretary has emphasised the necessity for the northern
mountain province of Lai Chau to continue with hunger eradication and poverty
reduction in a sustainable manner.
British luxury goods group fashion label Burberry smashed third quarter revenue
forecasts and predicted annual profit towards top of market expectations, adding
to evidence that the rich are spending again.
The nation’s trade with other ASEAN countries reached 17.8 billion USD in the
first 10 months of the year, down 30 percent on the same period last year.
Senegal is a promising market for
Vietnamese goods, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Morocco ,
which works as a bridge to help the country’s goods enter both markets.
Vietnamese firms should make greater
use of information technology to become more efficient and competitive
in the context of the country’s global integration, an industry
official told a conference on e-payment held in HCM City on Jan. 20.
The Algerian National People’s Assembly
Chairman’s visit is hoped to usher in a new chapter in the ties,
especially economic cooperation, between Vietnam and Algeria.
A conference seeking solutions to boost
Vietnam ’s investment in Myanmar as well as bilateral trade cooperation
was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on Jan. 15, according to the “New
Light of Myanmar” newspaper.
Rubber exporters are expected to incur
higher costs under a new regulation that requires all exporters to
present original value-added invoices to customs departments in the
country.
The Ministry of Science and Technology
(MST) and the Vietnam Television presented the 2009 National Quality
Awards to 108 enterprises at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 17.
A delegation of representatives of
Vietnamese ministries and businesses visited Myanmar from January 14-16
to survey investment opportunities in this country.
Vietnam’s exports are enjoying a
larger market share than their Thai counterparts in the US, the EU and
Japan, according to a recent study conducted by the University of the
Thai Chamber of Commerce.
Chinese Deputy Minister of Commerce, Yi
Xiaozhun, has predicted a sharp rise in his country’s investment into
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after the
China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) came into force on January 1, 2010.
Indonesia has set up a special task group work focusing on in forecasting
disadvantages domestic industries may encounter because of the ASEAN-China Free
Trade Agreement (ACFTA) and the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEFT)
brought by the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement.
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (VCCI) has asked Vietnamese embassies abroad to lend domestic
businesses a helping hand in boosting the export of locally-made
products to markets around the world.
Representatives of domestic bank
offices in central province of Khanh Hoa arrived in Truong Sa (Spratly)
islands on Jan. 10 to present new year gifts to soldiers and people on
the island district.