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VN to import 260,000 tonnes of salt in 2010

February 5, 2010
VN to import 260,000 tonnes of salt in 2010

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam will import 260,000 tomes of salt in 2010, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The price in northern and central provinces is higher, at around VND1 million ($55) per tonne.“This is the commitment of Viet Nam when the country became member of the World Trade Organisation,” affirmed Ngo Chi [...]

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PetroVietnam signs deals with Uzbeks

February 5, 2010
PetroVietnam signs deals with Uzbeks

The Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) announced it had signed three new contracts at a press conference in Ha Noi yesterday, February 4. The contracts included two oil and gas exploration and extraction deals at Block 105-110 and Block 04-2, and another at Kossor in Uzbekistan.The group reported a total revenue of [...]

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Festival celebrates cashews

February 5, 2010
Festival celebrates cashews

The first Golden Cashew Festival this March would seek to entrench Viet Nam’s position as the world’s largest exporter and further popularise its produce . . . Currently, the country has a total cashew cultivation area of 450,000ha and about 200 processing factories.The festival will be held in the southern province of Binh Phuoc, the nation’s [...]

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2010 will be a prosperous year for rubber producers

February 4, 2010
2010 will be a prosperous year for rubber producers

LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese rubber producers have put high hopes in 2010 which they believe will bring prosperity with price expected to increase by 30 percent. The Vietnam Rubber Association, said that it expects to export 750,000 tonnes of rubber in 2010 and reap $1.5 billion in export revenue thanks to a 30 percent price increase. International [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/2

February 1, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/2

HCM City rakes in over 1.3 bln USD from exports in January; E-customs procedures to be applied for exports; Construction of An Khanh Thermo-electric Power Plant starts  Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest commercial hub, grossed over 1.3 billion USD from exports in January, up 8.8 percent from a year ago. Of the amount, [...]

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Rice husks may fuel Mekong Delta

January 31, 2010
Rice husks may fuel Mekong Delta

Farmers pack dehusked rice before export at a mill in southern Tien Giang Province.LookAtVietnam – The Mekong Delta can supply an estimated 4 million tonnes of rice husk as fuel for thermoelectric plants with a potential capacity of 500MW, according to the Mekong Delta Development Research Institute.The institute’s recent survey at 108 rice mills in [...]

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Mechanical industries yet to “grow up”

January 29, 2010
Mechanical industries yet to “grow up”

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s mechanics industry has not made any measureable progress and has been compared by experts to the son that never grew up. Industry behind The business began in 1991 with just a machine producing instant noodles and now Lituda manufactures a wide range of products, including about 100 different machinery parts and accessories. Lituda Director [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 25/1

January 26, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 25/1

VN to export 750,000 tonnes of rubber in 2010; Embassy in Germany meets Vietnamese businesses; Hanoi to attract 180 million USD into IZs in 2010 The Vietnam Rubber Association predicted that this year’s total rubber exports will hit 750,000 tonnes, valued at over 1.5 billion USD. The association said that 2010 promises a growing year [...]

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PM okays cotton development plan

January 17, 2010
PM okays cotton development plan

VietNamNetBridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to develop cotton cultivation, with the area under the crop to reach 30,000ha and output to increase to 20,000 tonnes in 2015. The plan also targets that the total area under cotton cultivation will increase to 76,000ha, with a total output of 60,000 tonnes [...]

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No problem with our prices say domestic sugar producers

January 16, 2010
No problem with our prices say domestic sugar producers

LookAtVietnam – MARD said it is unreasonable that domestic sugar is more expensive than imports. However, sugar producers are denying the charge. In recent months the sugar price has climbed to a new height of 21,000-22,000 dong per kilo. Domestic sugar producers, while admitting that the price is now high, say the high price is reasonable. [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...