Wholesale markets and distributors in Ho Chi Minh City have plans in
place to boost sales of lychee, a city leader told a meeting in HCM City
on June 10.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a
discussion with the People’s Committee of central Khanh Hoa province on
June 2 regarding the construction of a fisheries centre in the South
Central region this year.
Authorities of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong and Japanese
Ambassador Hiroshi Fukada discussed local hi-tech agriculture
development during their working session in Da Lat city on May 12.
Seventy seven power plants are expected to directly join the
electricity market in 2015, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the
total capacity of the entire national power system.
Ho Chi Minh City has devised several solutions to adapt to global
warming and achieve green growth and sustainable development by 2020,
including a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 2 to 3 percent per
year.
Enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City have stockpiled goods worth some 15.85
trillion VND for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) which falls
on February 19, a whopping increase of 109 percent compared to the
previous holiday, the Saigon Times Daily reported.
The southern central province of Binh Dinh will develop a logistics and
processing centre for tuna exported to Japan at Quy Nhon port, the
provincial people's committee said.
The price of ginger has doubled, hitting a record-high, this year,
according to head of a Farmers' Association branch in Ho Chi Minh City's
Binh Chanh district.
Agro and aquatic exports have experienced a slowdown in recent
times, suffering from a disparate array of difficulties such as
inadequate zoning, lack of production materials, insufficient investment
and low added value, radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported on June
9.
Ho Chi Minh City's market stabilisation programmme, with its diverse,
high quality products and reasonable prices, has become an effective way
to regulate and stabilise market prices.
The programme has promoted trade
co-operation between the City and other neighbouring provinces.
The Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) has been warned not to allow power
shortages to happen this year, according to Deputy Minister Hoang Trung
Hai’s Government Office Document 22.
Many popular restaurants and hotels in Ho Chi Minh City are offering
lavish vegetarian buffets and a la carte selections throughout the
first lunar month of 2014.
An Australian firm has unveiled a plan to build a 3.5 billion USD
deep-water seaport on Hon Khoai Island, roughly 15km off the southwest
coast of Nam Can District in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.
Businesses already struggling to survive in both domestic and
international markets are going to be very hard hit by the second rise
in fuel prices in less than two months, economists say.
The official launch of Vietnam ’s competitive power generation market
has been postponed three months to next April instead of the beginning
of next year as scheduled.
A trial cooperation programme between Hanoi and neighbouring
localities is critical to boosting trade and stabilising the regional
market, a seminar heard last week.
Preparations for a competitive power generation market in July have
almost reached completion, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and
Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong.
The prices of foodstuff have dropped this month due to an abundant supply, many provincial officials have said. This month, the prices of many processed foods, beef and chicken have
remained stable while that of pork has dropped at many localities,
according to price and market management authorities under the
ministries of Finance and Industry and Trade.
In
Hanoi , An Giang province and Can Tho City, the price of pork has
dropped by 2,000 VND–6,000 VND per kg to between 54,000 VND - 55,000 VND
per kg. In Hau Giang and Tien Giang provinces, the prices of various kinds of pork have fallen 1,000 VND–3,000 VND per kg.
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