HCM City (VNA) – Nearly 280 contracts on goods supply were signed by businesses in the south during a conference to promote supply-demand connection held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 23. The event was part of trade linking activities among localities in the region towards meeting demand for commodities during the Tet (Lunar New Year) 2016. Previously, the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade organised five market-finding tours for local merchants, suppliers and enterprises to the Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang, Soc Trang, Ben Tre, Dong Thap and the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. According to a representative from the Department of Industry and Trade of Ninh Thuan province, the supply-demand connection between HCM City and localities in the southeastern and southwestern regions has proven effective, helping promoting production and business. The model will create opportunities for localities to sell their products in modern distribution systems in big … [Read more...] about Bản in : Southern businesses enhance connection in goods supply
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Bản in : Supply-demand connection in central, Central Highlands discussed
A conference was held in the central city of Da Nang on September 30 to discuss ways to boost links among localities to form goods production-consumption chains in the central and Central Highlands regions. The event brought together representatives from departments of industry and trade, businesses and business associations of 24 provinces and cities nationwide. Participants said to promote supply-demand connection, regional localities should focus on organising annual conferences which will serve as venues for regional enterprises to seek potential partners and markets. Emphasis should also be placed on outlining appropriate policies to encourage and support businesses to apply advanced technologies in production, thus improving the quality of products, they stressed. Representatives from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade said through connection activities, small-scale production units will have a chance to sell their products in modern distribution systems. … [Read more...] about Bản in : Supply-demand connection in central, Central Highlands discussed
Bản in : Vietnam – Thailand close affiliation to fuel regional connectivity
Hanoi (VNA) – The close cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand in building the ASEAN Community (AC) will help promote regional connectivity and ensure the bloc’s central role in settling challenges in the region, Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Panyarak Poolthup said. In his interview granted to Vietnam News Agency reporters, he said the close partnership is also important to realising their bilateral trade target of 20 billion USD by 2020. During Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Thailand in 2013, the two countries elevated their ties to a strategic partnership, which covers cooperation in politics, security-defence, economics, culture-society, people-to-people exchange, regional and international matters, and other aspects of shared interests. They also inked an action plan on implementing their strategic partnership between 2014 and 2018. With such agreements, Vietnam and Thailand made great strides in fostering collaboration in all … [Read more...] about Bản in : Vietnam – Thailand close affiliation to fuel regional connectivity
VN, India aim to boost ICT connectivity
Viet Nam News NEW DELHI - Việt Nam will welcome and create favourable conditions for Indian firms to join programmes and projects on information technology in Việt Nam, Minister of Information and Communications Trương Minh Tuấn said. The minister said this during talks with Indian Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha in New Delhi on Monday during his visit to India. He asserted that Việt Nam and India have high potential to promote partnership through increasing exchange of information and experiences at all levels, thus implementing co-operation activities in a sustainable and effective manner. He lauded India's credit package of US$1 billion for digital connectivity projects in ASEAN member countries, including Việt Nam, while expressing his hope to learn more from India's experience in designing policies and legal regulations in management of post and telecommunication, 4G and 5G services, public and rural communications, and digital connectivity. For his part, Sinha stated … [Read more...] about VN, India aim to boost ICT connectivity
Nhandan Newspaper – Artist Le Quang Dinh: Hoping to create a vital art environment
Born in the town of Ha Tien in the southern province of Kien Giang, Dinh left Vietnam for the US when he was 10. Now holding US nationality, he still spends most of his time on activities that connect and support creativity in Vietnam. He is the co-founder of San (Platform) Art in Ho Chi Minh City - an art space which is highly appreciated by individuals and arts organisations as a bridge linking them with contemporary Vietnamese artists. In his interview below with Nhan Dan Weekly reporter Dao Mai Trang, from the viewpoint of an artist and the co-founder of San Art, Dinh talks about advantages and difficulties facing Vietnamese artists in integrating into the world art scene. Question: It has been 20 years since you returned to Vietnam and prepared for the establishment of San Art while working as an internationally recognised artist. In your observations, has contemporary Vietnamese art established itself on the map of the world’s arts or is it still a faraway land waiting … [Read more...] about Nhandan Newspaper – Artist Le Quang Dinh: Hoping to create a vital art environment