The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is therefore seeking to accelerate negotiations with the Chinese side in order to export a wide range of agricultural products through official channels. In line with this policy, priority will be given to durian, sweet potato, bird's nest, pomelo, passion fruit, avocado, custard apple, coconut, cardamom and pineapple, salted jellyfish, dried sea cucumber, and goby fish. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 17
Industrial surplus supply
Private sector development to enhance FDI efficiency
Supporting industries have not yet caught up with the growth and demand of FDI; the protection of the environment from the impact of investment and production activities by FDI enterprises is still under threat and faces insecurity; national defense, economic security and social order are facing negative foreign investment activities; hi-tech attraction is not yet successful; cooperation and alliance between local and FDI enterprises are not close, and possibly non-existent, so to say; and the legal system and policies for investment, business, land and construction are asynchronous and constantly amended and supplemented, eroding the competitiveness of the investment environment. … [Read more...] about Private sector development to enhance FDI efficiency
VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 17
He also asked Binh Phuoc to pay greater attention to links in development, regional connectivity, and infrastructure connectivity. As an important part of the new economic corridor, lying in the middle of the southeast and Central Highlands regions and with Thailand and Cambodia as neighbours, Binh Phuoc should turn its Hoa Lu border gate into a connection point for international tourism routes. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 17
Vietnam to launch competitive retail electricity market in 2023
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung at the meeting on January 12. Photo: VGP Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the country’s sole power distributor, needs to facilitate the investment in infrastructure of the power industry to better connect power plants with the national grid, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said at a meeting on January 12. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to launch competitive retail electricity market in 2023
Cement exports unlikely to enjoy robust growth in 2021
Industry experts therefore emphasized the need to ramp up the production capacity of local cement plants to between five and 10 million tonnes per year in a bid to ensure effectiveness in the long term whilst simultaneously reducing costs moving forward. VOV … [Read more...] about Cement exports unlikely to enjoy robust growth in 2021