Vietnam’s agriculture sector is aiming for annual growth of a minimum 3 percent, with labour productivity improving 3.5 percent a year by 2020, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan.
The National Assembly deputies voted to adopt a resolution on the 2019 socio-economic development plan, putting forth a GDP growth of 6.6-6.8 percent for the year during their on-going sixth session in Hanoi on November 8.
Ho Chi Minh City welcomes experts from New South Wales to visit and share their experiences in the fields of their strength, notably innovation, startup ecosystem development, and smart city building, a municipal official has said.
Ho Chi Minh City welcomes Dutch businesses, especially those in water management which is of the Netherlands’ strength, stated Tran Vinh Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee while meeting Henk Ovink, Dutch Special Envoy for International Water Affairs on November 6.
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.
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.
The Hanoi People’s Committee aims to implement several projects to strengthen national capacity in response to climate change and environmental pollution in the capital during 2016-2020.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has so far signed cooperation deals with 12 localities of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, the Republic of Korea, France and Japan, according to the provincial Department of External Affairs.
Representatives of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a working session with Australian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Karen Lanyon on September 14 to discuss cooperation in diverse areas in the near future.
Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan received visiting President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Shinichi Kitaoka on September 13.
Given Vietnam’s upcoming role hosting the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) during September 11-13, the central city of Da Nang is making every effort to promote its potential and strength to the world’s leading partners and businesses.
Japanese Vice Minister of Environment Arata Takebe has affirmed that Japan is ready to deploy its domestic firms to assist with environmental projects, especially in sewage and wastewater treatment in Hanoi.
A ceremony was held in Da Nang central city on August 31 to receive the title of National Capital 2018 by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge programme.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang introduced a list of 64 projects that call for investment in 2018 at an investment promotion forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 13.
Ho Chi Minh City is calling for investment to 17 flood prevention and wastewater treatment projects, and needs more than 96 trillion VND (4.12 billion USD) for the works from now to 2020.
Hanoi’s environmental problems have been basically solved since the city made its administrative boundary adjustment in 2008.
The Korea-based Lotte Group wants assistance from authorities in Ho Chi Minh City to implement its eco-urban complex project at the city’s Thu Thiem New Urban Area, said a leader of the company.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspected the wastewater treatment and manufacturing process at Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company on July 20.
