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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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VN on track for full industrialization by 2020, says Minister

February 2, 2010
VN on track for full industrialization by 2020, says Minister

VietNamNet interviews Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong on the occasion of the ministry’s 50th anniversary. Minister Hoang Van Phong.VietNamNet interviews Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong on the occasion of the ministry’s 50th anniversary. VietNamNet: Half a century has passed since the Ministry of Science and Technology was established (its forerunner [...]

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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 23/1

January 23, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/1

New luxury tax for alcohol; Metro Cash & Carry to open 12th center in Vietnam; Local textile, garment firms cooperate to boost expansion    Beer and other alcoholic drinks will face a special consumption tax of 45 percent until the end of 2012, the General Department of Taxation has said.   According to a note sent by [...]

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PetroVietnam says don’t bank on finding large oil and gas fields

January 21, 2010
PetroVietnam says don’t bank on finding large oil and gas fields

LookAtVietnam – National oil and gas group, PetroVietnam, has warned that Vietnam should not pin its hopes on discovering big oil and gas fields in the future. In the meantime, demand for oil and gas continues to increase. Forty percent of the total electricity output of Vietnam is generated by gas-run power plants. Therefore, if Vietnam [...]

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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...