Socio economy of the city

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai hosted a reception for Tan See Leng, Singapore’s Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry on August 11. He affirmed that the cooperation between HCM City and Singapore not only brings benefits to the city but also is an important factor contributing to the common development of Vietnam-Singapore relations. Along with potential fields such as smart city building, urban management and green economy, the city expects to strengthen collaboration and share experience in startup development, helping the city become an innovative start-up centre of the country and the region, the official said. He hoped that Singapore will share experience to improve the dialogue mechanism between the government and foreign businesses in a bid to remove difficulties in the investment process. The city leaders also pledge to create the most favourable conditions for Singaporean enterprises to do long-term business … [Read more...] about HCM City, Singapore enhance cooperation on human resources development

Major General Nguyen Van Gau, Deputy Director of the General Department of Political Affairs of the Vietnam People’s Army and head of the delegation, together with Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council Do Trong Hung co-chaired the session. Reportedly, the resolution has been comprehensively implemented with significant results over the past 10 years. The Party committees and authorities at all levels have built plans, assigned tasks to each agencies, and concretized the resolution to appropriate measures, contributing to maintaining security and social order and safety in the locality. The socio-economic situation of the province has been stable while the people’s living conditions have increasingly improving and the whole-people great unity bloc has been reinforced. These results have created combined strength to firmly build the whole-people’s defense posture in line with the people's security posture, contributing … [Read more...] about MND reviews implementation of Fatherland protection strategy’s resolution in Thanh Hoa

NovaGroup on Thursday receivedthe ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2022’ award from HR Asia magazine. Earlier its subsidiary, Novaland, won the award for three consecutive years until 2021. The HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia award recognises organisations that have been identified by their employees as anemployer of choice and endorses the choices. The award is targeted at companies across Asia and recognises companies with the best HR practices and which demonstrate high levels of employee engagement and excellent workplace cultures. The high-profile nature of this award attracts applications from across the board: Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations,government-linked companies, and other companies of various types. This year ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ were the criteria for choosing the recipients. Nguyen Bach Kim Vy, deputy operating director of NovaGroup, said: “The award proves the effective human resource development policies that … [Read more...] about NovaGroup wins ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia’ award

Under the action plan, the Government set specific targets for socio-economic development for the regions. The Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) growth in the period of 2021-2030 will reach 8-9% per year, and by 2030, the economic scale of the region will reach about VND 21 trillion (USD 90.5 billion), of which agriculture, forestry and fishery will account for 12-13%, industry and construction 45-46%, and services 37-38%. The GRDP per capita will be VND 140 million (USD 6,000) per year (at the current price), and the total state budget revenue will reach about VND 190 trillion (USD 8.1 billion). The urbanization rate is about 40%, and 80% of communes meet new rural standards, of which 30% meet improved rural standards, and each province has at least three district-level units meeting new rural standards. Regarding the labor force, the rate of trained workers reaches 65-70%, 35-40% of whom have occupational degrees and certificates. The provinces set a target of … [Read more...] about Pushing economic development in northern midland, mountainous regions

Maciej Duszynski, Chargé d'Affaires a.i of the Polish Embassy, highlighted the growing trade and investment cooperation between the E.U. and Vietnam, saying the E.U. has remained Vietnam’s second largest importer and Vietnam is now the E.U.’s major trade partner. Thanks to that, the long-standing Vietnam-Poland relations have grown constantly in all areas, including the trade of agricultural products and food, he said, taking note of discussions on this issue held by leaders of ministries and agencies from the two sides. The Government of Poland is paying great attention to expanding export portfolios to Vietnam, with final steps being undertaken for the shipment of beef products and blueberries to the Southeast Asian country. Piotr Harasimowicz, Chief Representative Officer of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency in Ho Chi Minh City, said Vietnam has a favorable location in an Asian vibrant market region, and developed infrastructure for trade expansion. Vietnam is also an … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Poland want to step up food trade

VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang (left) presents a gift to the Hai Phong Municipal People's Committee. (Photo: VNA) Hai Phong (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Nhan dan (People) Newspaper and the People’s Committee of the northern port city of Hai Phong on August 12 signed communication cooperation programmes for 2022-2025. Hai Phong ’s outstanding socio-economic achievements, with its gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the first half of this year up 11% year-on-year, and budget collection exceeding 62 trillion VND (2.64 billion USD). Vietnam Plus, The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper, Vietnam News, Le Courrier du Vietnam, Vietnam Pictorial and TV channel (VNews). VNA … [Read more...] about VNA signs deal on communication cooperation with Hai Phong