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Global recovery gets in behind local exports

February 6, 2010
Global recovery gets in behind local exports

LookAtVietnam – January saw positive signs for Vietnam’s foreign trade activities thanks to the progressive recovery of world prices and demand.  According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Vietnam’s exports in January enjoyed strong growth rates from the post-crisis period, reaching $4.9 billion, up 28.1 per cent compared to the corresponding period last [...]

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Nation’s export value declines

November 26, 2009
Nation’s export value declines

LookAtVietnam – The country’s export turnover in the first 11 months this year reached around US$51.4 billion, an 11.4 per cent year-on-year decrease. The country’s export turnover in the first 11 months this year reached around US$51.4 billion, an 11.4% year-on-year decrease.With such turnover, the country’s exports reached an average of $4.6 billion per month [...]

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Retail petrol price to rise for ninth time this year

November 20, 2009
Retail petrol price to rise for ninth time this year

The ministries of Finance and of Industry and Trade gave the approval for petrol and oil dealers to increase retail prices by VND500-1,000 per litre. The new rate increases by VND500 per litre to VND12,700 for fuel oil, VND800 per litre to VND16,300 for A92 petrol, and VND1,000 per litre to VND15,200 for diesel oil [...]

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Viet Nam plans to be IT powerhouse

August 18, 2009
Viet Nam plans to be IT powerhouse

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam plans to become one of the world’s most powerful countries in the information and communication technology industry, Minister of Information and Communications Le Doan Hop.Speaking during an online talk on IT strategy on Sunday, Hop said Viet Nam should become one of the 70 top ICT countries from 2015 – 2020.The [...]

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Industry begins to rebound from falling Q1 with 7.5% July growth

July 29, 2009
Industry begins to rebound from falling Q1 with 7.5% July growth

LookAtVietnam – The country’s industrial production increased 5.1 per cent during the first seven months of the year over the same period last year, reaching VND382.7 trillion (US$21.5 billion), the General Statistics Office reported. In the first seven months, private firms were reported to have had the highest growth rate of 7.4%, contributing 35.6% to [...]

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Commodity exports plunge 13% on global prices

July 26, 2009
Commodity exports plunge 13% on global prices

LookAtVietnam – The General Statistic Office reported that commodity exports in the first seven months of the year reached US$32.3 billion or a year-on-year decrease of 13.4 per cent. An Giang Coffee Joint Stock Co workers process coffee for export. Coffee export turnover fell 34.3 per cent in the first seven months of this year.LookAtVietnam [...]

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E&M’s migration path

June 26, 2009
E&M’s migration path

Vietnam is the world’s fastest-growing entertainment and media market from 2009 to 2013, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2009-2013. Ian Lydall, general director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam looks into the trend.  VNPT is leading the charge to develop the local E&M sector. Over the next five years, digital technologies will become increasingly widespread across [...]

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Livestock industry to modernise

June 12, 2009
Livestock industry to modernise

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s livestock industry aims to produce 5.5 million tonnes of meat, 14 billion eggs and more than 1 million tonnes of milk by 2020, a conference heard yesterday, June 11. The national plan aims at a per capita output of 56 kilos of meat, 140 eggs and more than 10 kilos of [...]

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Stronger growth, more jobs

June 1, 2009
Stronger growth, more jobs

LookAtVietnam – Ha Noi’s economy will likely increase by 5-6 per cent this year if there are no setbacks from external factors such as disease, natural disaster or further difficulties in the global economy, says the capital city’s Department of Planning and Investment. Lieu Giai Street in Ha Noi, where the economy is predicted, to [...]

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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...