National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on October 21 cut the ribbon to inaugurate a 260 billion VND (10.59 million USD) coffee processing factory in Mai Son district, Son La province, which is expected to help boost the growth of the coffee industry in the northern mountainous province.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone in Saudi Arabia on October 20 on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit.
Along with support policies from the Party and State, education, especially vocational education, is considered one of the systematic and sustainable solutions to poverty.
Many wood businesses have received orders for the remaining months of this year after the protracted logjam, sending rosy signs to the Vietnamese timber industry.
Customs personnel at the Hoanh Mo border gate in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh had processed customs clearance procedures for 2,045 declarations for traded goods worth close to 63.38 million USD on the Vietnam Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System (VNACCS/VCIS) as of September 28.
Foreign service providers paid more than 9 trillion VND (367.15 million USD) in tax through the online portal serving taxpayers engaging in e-commerce and business activities in the first nine months of this year, according to the General Department of Taxation.
The attraction of large foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows from the US and Europe, especially into industries with high added value such as manufacturing, technology and pharmaceuticals, is a positive signal about Vietnam’s economic development and international cooperation as well as the country's efforts in improving its position on the global value chain, according to Savills Vietnam experts.
Agro-forestry-fishery exports reeled in about 38.48 billion USD in the first nine months, of which 22.1% came from China - Vietnam’s biggest market of the products.
Vietnam has been listed among the 34 countries where German businesses will receive better investment guarantees from the Government of Germany when they invest there.
An exposition on major industrial products of the capital, held by the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, is in full swing, featuring more than 200 stalls.
A total of 59,559 businesses entered and re-entered the real estate market in the third quarter of 2023, a record number for the period, which represented a rise of 18% year on year, according to head of the Ministry of Construction (MoC)’s Office Dau Minh Thanh.
More efforts are needed to lower logistics costs, which are still kept at a high level, to increase the economy’s competitiveness, according to insiders.
COVID-19 is no longer an infectious disease in Group A but downgraded to Group B from October 20, according to a decision issued on October 19 by the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism signed an action programme to boost the two countries’ tourism cooperation in Riyadh on October 19.
A conference has been held in Edmonton city in Canada’s Alberta province to discuss the role of Vietnam as a gateway for Canada to enter Southeast Asia during the implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Vietnamese companies joined about 1,200 companies and organisations from 14 countries and territories at the 28th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) that is running in Macao (China) from October 19-22.
National Assembly (NA) General Secretary and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong chaired a press conference in Hanoi on October 19, announcing the expected schedule and agenda for the upcoming 6th plenary session.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 19 visited the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Headquarters, met GCC Secretary General Jassim Muhammad Al-Budaiwi and witnessed the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam and the GCC Secretariat as part of his trip to the Middle East nation to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – GCC (ASEAN-GCC) summit.
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