It was suggested during a workshop held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Export and Import Department, and the Management Board of Ha Noi's Industrial Parks and Export-Processing Zones (HIPEPZ) on Tuesday that difficulties for FDI firms in the capital's IPs and EPZs be removed.

Binh Duong Minerals and Construction Joint Stock Company (JSC) has just organized a get-together “Towards national sea and islands”. Attending the event were Nguyen Huynh Dinh, Vice-Chairman of provincial Fatherland Front Committee (FFC); the company’s directorate and more than 200 delegates, including staff of the company and other units…

The Vietnam Garment and Textile Group and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) chapter in the northern province of Hoa Binh have handed over 4 billion VND (188,000 USD) to the VFF Central Committee to assist offshore fishermen in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

In the first five months of 2014, Binh Duong absorbed additional US$978.4mln in FDI capital, or 97.8% of the year’s plan and up 14.9% compared to the same period last year. The amount of FDI capital focused on industrial manufacture, especially auxiliary industries. This shows that the province’s orientation on sustainable industrial development and investment attraction for industries with strong competitiveness and high added valued is upholding its efficiency.

Indonesia could double its rice imports in 2014 against last year to keep the domestic price of the grain stable amidst a possible El Nino weather pattern and two elections in April and July.

*Viet Phat Company shares difficulties with damaged enterprises

 

According to provincial People’s Committee, the province’s industrial production in the first five months of 2014 continued reaping a positive shift with industrial production index increasing by 6.94% compared to the same period last year. 

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) should develop further in accordance with market mechanisms, said experts at a conference in the capital city.

Thuan An town’s industrial production value in the first half of 2014 was estimated at VND27.515trillion or 37% of the year’s plan, up 9.1% compared to the same period last year.

These days, it is very easy to see the joy of the owners of mangosteen gardens in Thanh Tuyen commune in Dau Tieng district. This year, there is a bumper crop of mangosteens in this land, opening many prospects for a specialized area on mangosteen trees in the near future.