Vietnam exported about 1.58 million tonnes of rubber in 2018 – worth 2.1 billion USD and up 14.5 percent in volume, but down 6.6 percent in value year-on-year, the General Department of Vietnam Customs reported.
The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau last year attracted many large-scale investment projects, and it is noteworthy that the projects fell in the province’s orientations, according the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested that private industrial firms be developed, with a focus on innovative startups and the support industry.
The People’s Committee of Can Tho City and the Vietnam Association of Mechanical Industry (VAMI) met recently to address the urgent need to produce agricultural machinery.
The domestic automobile parts industry has failed to reach the set target despite support from the Government, said Nguyen Thi Tue Anh, deputy director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on September 13 received representatives from Mitsubishi, Deloitte, Hanwha Energy, McKinsey, and HSBC in the framework of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi.
Businesses in support industries need to further improve their functioning and establish close ties with each other and official agencies to enter multinational supply chains, delegates told a forum in HCM City on August 23.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc promoted its potential and called for investment at a conference held in Gyeonggi province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on July 27.
The Supporting Industry Show 2018 will be held on October 11-13 in the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, introducing more than 500 brand names with the latest metal processing technologies from 25 countries.
Samsung Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) opened the third and fourth training courses for Vietnamese consultants in the support industry in Ho Chi Minh City on July 24.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has proposed the United Nations Industry Development Organisation (UNIDO) launch projects to help Vietnam develop the support industry for automobile and garment sectors and push industry in a low carbon and sustainable direction.
Foreign investments, including those made by Japanese firms, are an important driving force for Vietnam’s socio-economic development and improvement of the national competitive capacity, said President Tran Dai Quang.
Supporting industry development will create a driving force for Vietnam’s automobile industry, as heard a seminar held by the Vietnam Association of Supporting Industries on May 24.
The 14th Saigon Autotech & Accessories 2018 opened on May 24 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City with 300 booths organised by leading domestic and foreign firms in automobile and motorbike, spare part and accessories manufacturing.
The northern province of Bac Giang will channel focus to promote the development of key industries like agro-forestry processing, electronics, garments, fertiliser, chemical and building materials with a view to becoming an industrial province in the future.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade and Samsung Vietnam launched a programme to train 200 Vietnamese experts serving training and re-coaching demand of supply firms in support industry of Vietnam.
he HCM City Department of Industry and Trade joined hands with the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority to connect support industry suppliers at a festival on March 14.
The supporting industry for Vietnam’s automobile manufacturing sector is still underdeveloped, heard a seminar on the industry’s development in the fourth industrial revolution on March 13.
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