Posts Tagged ‘ Same period last year ’

Coffee output in Vietnam may reach record on weather, expansion 

September 23, 2011
Coffee output in Vietnam may reach record on weather, expansion 

  Vietnam, the second-largest coffee grower, may produce a record crop in the upcoming harvest as favorable weather and a larger cultivated area boost output in the 2011-2012 season, increasing global supplies. Production may total 1.32 million tons, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of 12 traders, growers and exporters. That compares [...]

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Exports suffer as recession bites 

August 27, 2011
Exports suffer as recession bites 

People work at a furniture factory outside Hanoi. Many exporters in Vietnam are struggling to survive the difficult times. The global recession and resultant lower purchasing power has caused difficulties for many Vietnamese exporters. It has not helped that their heavy reliance on imported materials, coupled with rising input costs, have made their products less [...]

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Seafood firms mired in crises 

July 10, 2011
Seafood firms mired in crises 

  Industry stakeholders grapple with falling production, higher costs and low prices Farmers harvest tra fish in the Mekong Delta. A shortage of the fish is expected to recur next month. As many as 147 firms have stopped seafood processing and export to pursue other kinds of business since the beginning of this year, pushed [...]

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Vietnam aims to keep inflation at 15-17 pct: PM 

July 3, 2011
Vietnam aims to keep inflation at 15-17 pct: PM 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (left) talks with the press July 1 after a regular cabinet meeting. The government will strive to keep this year’s inflation at 15-17 percent, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the press after a monthly cabinet meeting on Friday. Curbing inflation, achieving macroeconomic stability and ensuring social welfare will continue [...]

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PM calls for thoughts on stabilising holiday market

February 1, 2010
PM calls for thoughts on stabilising holiday market

The PM has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to come up with specific measures to stabilise the domestic market in service of the upcoming Tet. LookAtVietnam -  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to come up with specific measures in a bid to promote business and [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 28/1

January 28, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 28/1

Foreign tourists to Vietnam up 20 percent in January; Vietnam Airlines opens first European rep. office; Vietnam to grow by 6.5 pct: EuroCham director  Phu Quoc islandThe number of overseas arrivals to Vietnam in January reached about 416,000, an increase of 20.4 percent over the same period last year and 10 percent compared with December, [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 21/1

January 22, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 21/1

Hanoi’s CPI up 1.30 percent in January; Guidelines on consumption tax for alcohol products; Officials eye Senegal as promising export market    Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in January rose 1.30 percent over the previous month, the city’s Statistics Office reported. The index was up 7.96 percent over the same period last year. Ten of the [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 29/12

December 29, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 29/12

Rice export hits record high of 6 million tonnes; Retail turnover surges 18.6 percent in 2009; Bank to let loose 60 million share issue   Vietnam’s rice export reached twenty-year record high till the end of December this year, said the Vietnam Food Association (VFA). The nation exported six million tonnes of rice in 2009, earning over 2.4 [...]

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More coffee exported, but prices down

December 8, 2009
More coffee exported, but prices down

Viet Nam exported about 100,000 tonnes of coffee in November, earning a value of US$145 million, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. In these 11 months, although coffee export volume was 19.3% higher than in same period last year, export value dropped by 14.7% due to the world recession.In November, the export [...]

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Agencies co-operate to fight low-grade, fake fertilisers

December 2, 2009
Agencies co-operate to fight low-grade, fake fertilisers

In an effort to curb the prevalent manufacturing and importation of low-quality and counterfeit fertilisers, the Viet Nam Association of Fertilisers signed a co-operative agreement . . . Compared to the same period last year, there has been a 7 per cent decrease in the manufacture and trade of counterfeit fertilisers in the country.The signing [...]

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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...