Since the 10th Party Central Committee adopted a resolution on Vietnam Maritime Strategy until 2020 in 2007, the fisheries sector has seen fundamental changes toward increasing output.
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Truong Quang Hoai Nam vowed to provide all possible support to Singaporean firms to do business in the locality, during a Singapore-Can Tho trade and investment promotion seminar on October 17.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen agreed to conduct measures to accelerate the signing of a Vietnam – Cambodia border trade agreement.
A seminar introducing the strengths and incentives of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang to Indian firms took place in New Delhi on October 11.
The northern mid-land province of Phu Tho is striving to develop and promote local specialties as part of its moves to develop tourism, given most tourists’ wish to buy typical products of localities they have visited as souvenirs.
The central province of Nghe An has so far this year granted investment licences to 82 projects with a total registered capital of 7.58 trillion VND (325 million USD), representing decreases in both number of projects and registered capital.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is leading a high-level delegation of Vietnam to attend the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo and visit Japan from October 8-10. The trip is hoped to help lift bilateral trade to 60 billion USD in 2020.
Authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a working session with Indonesian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Hanif Salim on October 4 to discuss the prospect of multifaceted cooperation in the near future.
Although Vietnam has focused on increasing labour productivity and overall productivity growth, there have been relatively few opportunities for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to get customised support as they grow, said Max Bulakovskiy, policy analyst in Global Relations at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Tien Giang is accelerating efforts to fulfil the year’s target of 2.65 billion USD in export value, after earning 1.99 billion USD in the January-September period, up 8.4 percent year on year and meeting 75.1 percent of the year’s goal.
With the rapid evolution of technology, enterprises need to find new ways of interacting with customers to thrive in the digital age, experts have said.
The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into real estate in Ho Chi Minh City has followed the same trend as with the FDI movement into the country, with the property sector always among the top FDI recipients in recent years.
Since the Investment Law took effect in July 2015, Vietnam’s FDI inflows, and the real estate sector in particular, have significantly increased in terms of merger and acquisition (M&A) activities.
The new cigarette tax rate of 5,000 VND (0.2 USD) per pack will help reduce the rate of tobacco consumption and increase the State budget, health experts have said.
Vietnamese workers are becoming an important source of workforce in Japan. Especially, young Vietnamese workers are said to be diligent and eager for learning.
Some 50,000 apartments will soon be available for Vietnamese workers at industrial clusters at a starting price of 150 million VND (6,400 USD) apiece, according to the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL).
Cuba is looking to bolster cooperation with Can Tho city in the production of rice, fruits, and aquaculture, in line with agricultural restructuring and high-technology application
Vietnam and Bulgaria hold much potential for cooperation in multiple sectors, particularly trade and investment, as heard at the Vietnam-Bulgaria Business Forum in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21.
