The export turnover of tra fish is forecast to hit 2.1 billion USD in 2018, up 22 percent against the previous year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Government has officially issued a decree stipulating in details and guiding the enforcement of the Law on Social Insurance on compulsory social insurance for foreign employees in Vietnam.
Vietnam raked in more than 6.7 billion USD from exporting its main forestry products in the first nine months of 2018, up 15.91 percent year-on-year, accounting for 23.17 percent of the total export turnover of the agricultural sector.
Vietnam has set up a fully integrated forestry information database under a project funded by the Finnish Government, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said at a recent conference in Hanoi.
During the sixth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters (AMMD-6) in Hanoi on October 18, ASEAN member countries re-affirmed the association’s stance against legalizing drug use excepting for medical and scientific purposes
Vietnam has shown strong performance in building and implementing policy actions related to climate change it committed to development partners, stated Pham Van Tan, deputy head of the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
A workshop on developing the results framework of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) Work Plan 2016-2020 opened in Hanoi on October 18.
Vietnam’s participation in UN peacekeeping activities in war-torn South Sudan has gained praise from international media.
Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy Le Minh Tri has introduced Vietnam’s judicial reform to prosecutors at Japan’s Ministry of Justice, as part of his working visit to the country from October 15 to 20.
The Mekong Delta province of Long An will host the third Vietnam Rice Festival from December 18-24.
A group of 18 doctors from Chung-Ang University, the Republic of Korea, are providing free health checkups and medicines to people in the central province of Quang Ngai from October 15 – 19.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Chile and Ecuador and Ecuador’s Chamber of Commerce of Quito recently organised the Vietnam-Ecuador Business Forum to promote trade and investment between the two countries.
The competitive electricity wholesale market will be fully operational starting in 2019 following a successful year-long pilot period.
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has issued national standards on chilled meat and technical requirements to meet expectations of markets at home and abroad.
The country’s export turnover this year could reach 239 billion USD, increasing 11.2 percent from last year, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai.
The total number of sea ports in Vietnam has increased more than four times the planned number from 2000. While this would seem like the prime conditions to make the most of sea-based advantages.
The Prime Minister has approved a master plan for Ha Long city of the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh to 2040 with a vision towards 2050, aiming to develop the city into a world-class tourism
The Vietnamese Government is making concerted efforts to improve business climate for both domestic and foreign enterprises, including those from the Europe, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on October 17.
