Despite consumers increasingly placing their trust in products made in
Vietnam, a number of barriers are holding local products back on the
domestic market, heard a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on July 16.
The Indonesian government will consider increasing power subsidies in
2016 to serve the electricity demands of the impoverished, especially
those in rural and remote areas, said Minister of Finance Bambang
Brodjonegoro on July 7.
Myanmar’s parliament voted in favour of several sub-sections under
Section 436 (b) of the 2008 constitution amendment bill on July 8,
agreeing to increase power to state and regional governments.
Central Thua Thien-Hue and northern Nam Dinh provinces have been
proactively conducting dozens of precautionary measures against the
deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long
drew a total social investment capital of 5.335 trillion VND (244
million USD) in the first six months of 2015, up 8.8 percent from the
same period last year.
Vietnam is among the emerging market having high transactional growth in
merger and acquisition (M&A) activities, according to a latest
report released by the Baker McKenzie law firm.
The Mekong Delta should increase its waterborne freight transport
capacity to 83 million tonnes by 2020, up 72 percent from the current
volume, according to the Ministry of Transport’s plan.
Developing 3G services, investing in 4G technology and building a
heterogeneous network-HetNet are all designed to optimise the costs and
efficiency of the network quality, said Jan Wassenius, General Director
of Ericson Vietnam.
The US investment group Global Emerging Markets (GEM) is seeking
opportunities to invest in Vietnam to take advantage of the country’s
growth potential thanks to its young population, said Chris Brown, GEM
President.
The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) has received the green light
to increase their credit ceiling from 6.5 percent to 10 percent, or
11.6 billion VND (532,000 USD).
The central coastal city of Da Nang
has implemented a number of practical measures to boost the local job
market, especially for rural and disadvantaged labourers.
Malaysia’s palm oil exports surged 37 percent to 1.61 million tonnes in
May, the highest level since March 2003, according to the Malaysian Palm
Oil Board.
The Japan-based Tabuchi Electronic Co. Ltd., a renowned manufacturer of
power components and transformers, will invest 1.5 billion JPY (12.1
million USD) in building a workshop in its plant in Vietnam’s northern
Bac Ninh province.
Tourism reservations for the upcoming summer have seen a 20-30 percent
increase from the same period last year, the majority of which will be
domestic tourists, according to travel agencies in Hanoi.
Can Tho city’s total retail and service sales during 2010-2014 reached
320.9 trillion VND (14.7 billion USD), according to the draft document
to be submitted to the congress of the municipal Party organisation for
the 2015-2020 tenure.
The Health Ministries of Vietnam and Thailand co-held an exercise on
response to any outbreak of Ebola for ASEAN+3, according to Nhan Dan
(People) newspaper.
The rainy season’s intense heat and humidity together with poor
sanitation and loose control of disease-prone locations lie at the root
of epidemic outbreaks during summers, Director Tran Dac Phu from the
Department of Preventative Medicine revealed at a workshop held in Ho
Chi Minh City on May 15.
The northern province of Thai Nguyen has carried out a project
supporting the Mong ethnic minority group in production development and
building infrastructure in a bid to raise the ethnic residents’
livelihoods.
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