Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has required utmost efforts to fulfil to the highest possible level the targets and tasks for 2023 while chairing the regular Government meeting for September and an online meeting between the Cabinet and localities on September 30.
There were 38,379 valid foreign-invested projects in Vietnam with a total registered capital of 455.06 billion USD as of September 20, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).
Leaders of Can Tho city and a delegation of the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City sought ways to enhance connectivity between the Mekong Delta locality and Chinese businesses in logistics, agricultural processing and other spheres at their meeting in Can Tho on September 5.
From now to 2025, Bac Giang will step up investment attraction to draw domestic and foreign resources for industrial development, said Director of the northern province’s Department of Industry and Trade Tran Quang Tan.
The northern province of Hung Yen has been speeding up the process of digital transformation, digital government, and smart city building in association with administrative reform, aiming to improve the quality of its public services.
Vietnam lured close to 18.15 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) from the beginning of this year to August 20, up 8.2% year-on-year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The agriculture sector has encountered a host of challenges and obstacles over recent times, but the implementation of free trade agreements has opened up further opportunities for investment and expanded export markets for Vietnamese agricultural products.
Vietnam and the US held a meeting of the Timber Working Group, set up to carry out the two Governments’ Agreement on Illegal Logging and Timber Trade, in Washington DC on August 22 - 23.
There are still many opportunities for Vietnamese businesses in the artificial intelligence (AI) development competition, said Huynh Ngoc Quang, Director of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT).
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on August 18 launched a project to promote the economical and efficient use of energy in supporting and food processing industries in Vietnam.
Over 450 exhibitors from 30 countries and territories will join the 16th international exhibition on processing, and packaging food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industry – ProPak Vietnam 2023 that is slated to take place in Ho Chi Minh City in November.
The export of raw farm produce has suffered greatly from tumbling prices, which cause major losses for farmers. Such a situation is now expected to improve due to deep processing and the diversification of agricultural products.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed a decision approving the master plan on exploration, exploitation, processing, and use of mineral resources for the 2021 – 2030 period, with a vision to 2050.
Vietnam has to date attracted 1,100 foreign-invested projects in real estate, with a total capital of 66.4 billion USD, the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment has revealed.
There remains an ample room for the food processing industry to develop further and attract more investment, experts have said at a recent seminar on new trends and technologies in the food processing field held in Ho Chi Minh City.
The index of industrial production in the first half of 2023 grew by only 0.44% year-on-year due to decreasing orders, falling demand and rising input costs.
The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade and the Vientiane Department of Industry and Trade of Laos held a conference in Hanoi on July 3 to share experience in State management in the field of industry and trade.
A high-ranking delegation of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire led by its President Adama Bictogo left Hanoi on June 16, successfully concluding their four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
The EU firms have an especially advantageous position to enter Vietnam’s food processing market due to the close trade ties between Vietnam and the bloc, as well as a favourable image of European products among Vietnamese consumers, according to Vietnam Briefing news site.
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