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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 12/1

January 12, 2010  . Filed under Business, News

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 12/1

Hanoi targets annual GDP growth of 10 percent; PM okays cotton development programme until 2020; Vietnam – promising market for RoK businesses HanoiHanoi strives to attain an average annual gross domestic product (GDP) of 9.5-10 percent in the 2011-2015 period with services making up 56 percent by 2015. The target was set out at the 18 th meeting of the... Read more

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 3/11

November 3, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 3/11

Fund pours 223 million USD into real estate; Vietnam-Japan supporting industries fair to be held in Hanoi; Pepper exports gain volume, value rises   Vietnam shipped abroad 120,000 tonnes of pepper for 300 million USD in the past ten months, gaining rises of 52 percent and 8 percent in volume and value, respectively, over the same period last year.The... Read more

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 14/6

June 14, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 14/6

US-ASEAN Business Council appoints new leader; Handbook on intellectual property rights awareness makes debut; Kien Giang exports sweet potatoes for the first time; Opportunity to corner Canada’s garments market; Thailand, Laos and Vietnam agree on cross-border transport Mr. Matthew DaleyUS-ASEAN Business Council appoints new leaderThe US-ASEAN Business... Read more

HCM City to establish low density zones for universities

June 6, 2009  . Filed under Education, News

HCM City to establish low density zones for universities

LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned the Ministry of Construction to create a special zoning plan for universities and colleges to 2025 with a vision to 2050. Students study industrial electricity at Nhan Dao Vocational Training College, District 3, HCM City.The zone encompasses HCM City as well as the provinces of Dong Nai, Binh... Read more

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 21/5

May 21, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 21/5

 E-commerce to facilitate Vietnam’s exports to US; Binh Dinh looks for Chinese investors; Over 1 billion USD invested in tower block; Country’s first base iron ore concentration plant up and running; Song Giang power station to operate by late 2010; Fair boosts Vietnamese-Cambodian trade E-commerce is seen as a useful tool and innovative new... Read more

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 13/5

May 13, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 13/5

Hanoi approves safe vegetable production project; Tien Giang: 1 billion USD for urban and industrial zone development; Vietnam eyes ways to sell rice directly to Africa; Singaporean firms pulls out of chemical project; HCM City hosts conference on bancassurance By 2015, Hanoi will have about 5,500 ha of safe vegetables in 118 areas grown with appropriate farming... Read more

Cat Tien attracts preservation funding

March 10, 2009  . Filed under News, Sci-Tech

Cat Tien attracts preservation funding

LookAtVietnam – The Cat Tien national park has signed a 500,000 USD project to develop eco-tourism with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Vietnam and Denmark. Cat Tien national park. (Photo: www.venuevietnam.com)The project aims to improve the park’s community-based tourism services, and encourage locals to join in the eco-tourist business, thus promoting... Read more

Conference seeks ways to stimulate cashew industry

March 7, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

Conference seeks ways to stimulate cashew industry

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and relevant agencies should focus on coordinated measures to ensure the sustainable development of the cashew nut industry, as it is destined to become one of the country’s key agricultural exports.  Vietnam is aiming to increase its cashew acreage to 450,000 ha, with an... Read more

MARD plans to chop down thousands of hectares of fruit trees

February 26, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

MARD plans to chop down thousands of hectares of fruit trees

Farmers have been weeping bitterly when they see fruit rotting as they are left unsold. MARD believes that the only solution to the problem is to chop down several tens of thousands of hectares of fruit trees. MARD believes that the tears of the orchid farmers come from the oversupply. Phan Huy Thong, Deputy Head of the Cultivation Department under MARD, said... Read more