Creating connections

Dragon fruits for exports (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Agriculture businesses should embrace connection in order to participate in global value chains, heard a forum held in Hanoi on October 8. Nguyen Quoc Toan, director of the agricultural products processing and development department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said as of September 2019, the country counted 1,478 value chains of agricultural products across 63 cities and provinces nationwide. There are 14,810 agricultural cooperatives and over 7,000 agro-forestry-fishery processing facilities, he said, adding that more than 25,500 households have joined production chains with businesses certified with Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) while over 619,000 households engaged in large-scale field production. Vietnam is exporting farm produce to 185 countries and territories, ranking second in the Southeast Asian region and 15th in the world. The country has also joined and signed 16 … [Read more...] about Agriculture businesses forge connection to join global value chains

Suffering from polio that led to paralysis and scoliosis as a child, Trần Phan Thanh Hải, 18, was admitted to the HCM City University of Science without having to take the national high school exam. Trần Phan Thanh Hải, 18, has created robots to support people with disabilities. — VNS Photo Xuân Đăng “When Hải was 4 years old, he was walking one day, and he fell and could not stand up,” Phan Thị Huỳnh Mai, Hải’s mother, said. The diagnosis was muscular atrophy caused by polio. Hải is only one metre tall and weighs 30kg. Because of his weak hands, Hải cannot travel by a wheelchair himself, so every personal activity must depend on his mother. Although these difficulties could have ended his education, Hải never gave up and kept fighting. For 12 years of school, Hải has always been a good student and at the top of the class. During three years as a Marie … [Read more...] about Disabled teenager creates robots that help disabled patients

Ross Macallister - Managing partner, head of Consulting, KPMG Vietnam and Cambodia The Vietnamese marketplace is becoming increasingly competitive and brands are going to need to transform rapidly to meet evolving customer expectations. Disruption is becoming pervasive: challenging business models, legacy products, and entire industries. Even the most highly-regulated markets and companies here will not be immune. Therefore, delivering on the customer imperative for a connected experience requires organisations to be responsive, resilient, and closer to their customers than ever before. The ability to understand and meet customer expectations is recognised worldwide as a primary driver of growth. To survive and thrive, Vietnamese organisations need to start developing a deeper understanding of the expectations of their customers – as well as the partners who engage those end-customers – and think about creating differentiated experiences that go beyond multichannel … [Read more...] about Shaping connected enterprises to help attain effective growth

At the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) opened “GOOD GOODS Japan 2019” in Hanoi on September 27 to create trade connections between Japanese and Vietnamese enterprises. As many as 52 enterprises from Japan take part along with around 100 Vietnamese companies. The purpose of the programme is to support Japanese small- and medium-sized enterprises operating in consumer goods to exploit and expand the ASEAN market, especially Vietnam's potential market, with consumer products having quality, safety and outstanding design, said Tomofumi Abe, JETRO's project director. Vietnam is a developing economy with an annual GDP growth rate of more than 6 percent, leading to an increase in income and the demand for high-quality consumer goods, according to JETRO. Meanwhile, Japanese consumer goods sector is popular in the world market with products such as kitchen utensils, detergents and cosmetics. The Japanese companies hope … [Read more...] about JETRO holds trade connection programme

Co-organised by the Department of Domestic Market, the Vietnam Industry and Trade Information Centre (under the Ministry of Industry and Trade) and the Agricultural Trade Promotion Centre (under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the workshop also aims to share experiences and difficulties in the process of developing regional specific products; supporting policies from the State management agencies in recent times. At the workshop attendees had the chance to learn and discuss about demands of the market on regional specific products; a number of measures to develop specialty brands for Vietnam; connect businesses, production households and cooperatives to distribute regional products with partners and create distribution chains. At the seminar, the logistics and linkage issues were also discussed by the delegates. Accordingly, the production units should link together to use the same service to save the costs. It is necessary to establish the "Alliance of safe food … [Read more...] about Workshop discusses connecting markets for local specialities