Under the instruction of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on tightening control over red-eared turtles, provincial People’s Committee Chairman has just instructed provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to join hands with the local media to launch propaganda campaigns to raise public awareness of the harmful effects of red-eared turtles in particularly and exotic creatures in general that are harmful to the environment; mobilize locals to hand over red-eared turtles to relevant agencies (if any); collect and destroy red-eared turtles to avoid their development to the natural environment; strength inspection and ban all activities relating to the trade, transportation and breeding of red-eared turtles; impose serious punishment on violators.

Late June 19, TDM city’s People’s Committee held a conference to approve the report of the local socio-economic performance, national defence-security in the first half of 2014 and implement key tasks, orientations in Q3 2014.

Late June 18, provincial People’s Committee held a program on the announcement of the first support stage for enterprises hit by the recent incidents at Lucky Square Convention Center in Binh Duong New City.

Aside from advance insurance money, assistance on legal procedures of functional agencies, Binh Duong-based commercial banks have continued to work with enterprises suffering heavy losses in the past May extremist acts to help them, according to the sector’s common instruction.

Samsung group is urgently finalising documents to invest an additional US$1 billion in the Samsung Bac Ninh Hi-Tech Complex, according to Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper. Samsum factory in Bac Ninh.The newspaper said that Samsung group’s leaders have assigned Samsung Display Co, Ltd to study the implementation of a hi-tech project on an area spanning 46.28 hectares in the Samsung Hi-Tech Complex. The project has total projected investment capital of US$1 billion by 2020 and the group has proposed a series of new initiatives to finance the project. A request for approval has been submitted to Vietnamese relevant agencies and will be granted with investment license if Prime Minister approves, said a leader of the Bac Ninh Industrial Park's management board. Earlier on June 9-10, the management board held a working session with representatives from Samsung Display Co, Ltd and Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co, Ltd to discuss the US$1 billion project.                                                                                                                                                    VietNamNet Bridge

In recent years, Dau Tieng district’s animal husbandry sector has a high growth, greatly contributing to the local agricultural production. The district is focusing on promoting the local animal husbandry under the industrial trend.

Part 1: Helping enterprises resume production

The government is committed to augmenting the country’s attractiveness as a safe and hospitable investment destination with developed infrastructure facilities and a young talented workforce.

The World Bank (WB) will continue supporting Can Tho as it looks to adapt to changing socio-economic conditions, pledged bank representative Astrid Westerlind at a conference in the Mekong Delta city on June 16.

Vietnam’s export of plastic materials to Turkey has soared in recent years and the country is attempting to further step up shipment to the market of 75.6 million people.