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As of the end of March, the Nghi Son Economic Zone had 228 domestic projects, valued at 130.08 trillion VND (5.63 billion USD at current exchange rate), and 19 foreign-invested projects worth over 12.6 billion USD. Other industrial parks attracted 335 domestic projects with total registered capital of 18.38 trillion VND and 41 foreign-invested projects with accumulative capital of 703 million USD.  … [Read more...] about Thanh Hoa: a promising investment destination

To improve the fund’s effectiveness, UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen stressed the need to have a better understanding of the financial ecosystem for SMEs in Vietnam and a strategic role for a new lending channel to boost existing domestic funding. … [Read more...] about Gov’t urged to develop legal framework for direct lending for SME development

Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia’s Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has directed the formation of two committees to begin the process of establishing separate courts for commercial and labour disputes, Phnom Penh Post reported on January 25. According to two decision letters issued on January 21, the committees are comprised of 20 members from the justice ministry, the Supreme Council of Magistracy, government delegates, the heads of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and Appeal Court, and some other relevant officials. To prepare for the establishment of the commercial and labour courts, these two committees’ members have been asked to prepare documentation and legal briefs to determine each court’s relationship to the lower courts and the higher courts, including the Appeal Court and Supreme Court. The committees also have to conduct a study to determine the appropriate locations for these courts as well as examine any necessary changes to trade procedures and … [Read more...] about Cambodia to have trade, labour courts by this year’s end

Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand on January 25 announced it will begin the national COVID-19 vaccination programme in February by administering 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine to high-risk groups. Health workers in Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the latest outbreak, would be the first to be inoculated, then elderly and people with chronic diseases, said senior health official Sopon Mekton. Thailand's Food and Drug Administration last week approved AstraZeneca's vaccine for emergency use. It has yet to grant authorisation for that of China’s Sinovac Biotech, of which the government has ordered two million doses. Thailand has so far confirmed 13,687 COVID-19 cases with 75 deaths./. … [Read more...] about Thailand to start COVID-19 vaccination next month

The diplomat went on to say that since the previous congress, under the steadfast leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, the Vietnamese Party and Government have stepped up the Party building, the corruption combat, reforms, and development, with growth of 2.9 percent - one of the world’s fastest growth rates last year. … [Read more...] about Congress to create new momentum for Vietnam: Ambassador