Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in February issued Decision No 168/QĐ-TTg approving a five-year (2016-20) restructuring plan for the electricity sector.
This year, the Sai Gon Trading Group (SATRA) plans to open a flower trading centre at Binh Dien Wholesale Market on an area of 14 hectares at a cost of 700billion VND (31 million USD).
Ho Chi Minh City authorities plan to relocate some of the city’s wholesale and retail markets to ease traffic congestion and ensure safety for residents.
The management companies of Binh Dien, Thu Duc and Hoc Mon wholesale markets have asked HCM City authorities to adjust their “very outdated” management fees as they have had to compensate for losses.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project on restructuring the electricity industry from 2016-2020, with a vision to 2025, to increase transparency and fair competition in the field.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to focus all resources to supply higher quality and more reliable power for socio-economic activities and people’s daily use.
HCM City’s first permanent flower trading centre will open at the Binh Dien wholesale market in District 8 this year, according to the municipal People’s Committee.
By developing an agricultural value chain, the southern province of Tay Ninh expects to raise average farmer income per year to 5,000 USD after five years.
Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is working with Japanese OTA Floriculture Auction Limited Company and relevant local agencies to establish a flower trading centre in the city.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the equitisation of electricity-generation corporations under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group ( PetroVietnam).
EVN group will focus on the equitisation of three power generating corporations in its restructuring plan for 2016-2020 period, according to the group’s Chairman Duong Quang Thanh.
Regulations on a competitive power wholesale market are scheduled to be completed in June 2017, heard a workshop held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in Hanoi on June 14.
The HCM City People's Committee will organise 131 flower markets in 21 districts to serve and entertain residents and visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.
The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has chosen Hoc Mon Wholesale Market and Ben Thanh Market to implement a pilot food-safety market model, according to a report in Tuoi Tre newspaper.
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will create ample opportunities for overseas Vietnamese enterprises in the Czech Republic as well as companies that import Vietnamese goods to the EU.
Ho Chi Minh City expects to reduce emissions by 2020 by 10.5 percent and by 19.1 per cent if it receives external support in its quest to become a low-carbon city.
Nguyen Thi Hong, Deputy Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, met with Dutch Vice Minister for Agriculture Hans Hoogeveen on October 29.
An expected increase in demand for farm produce offers the agricultural sector in the Mekong Delta great potential for development, but it should improve its efficiency.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has approved a detailed design for the competitive electricity wholesale market, which allows all units owning 30MW power plants and above to join the market.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
