The southern province of Tay Ninh has called on its neighbour Ho Chi Minh City to invest in Tay Ninh’s agriculture, particularly safe vegetable cultivation and dairy cattle, while increasing the consumption of its agricultural products.

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Strengthening administration reform to simplify and publicize procedures, focusing on investing infrastructure and creating smoothness for business environment to maintain and enhance index of international integration and improve the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) are the main contents set out at the conference on ameliorating ability of international economic integration and launching project of enhancing the PCI held by the provincial People's Committee. At a production line of high-grade bulb products.Promoting integration ability In the past year, Binh Duong emerged to stand at third among 63 provinces and cities in the international economic integration index. This result announced by the national committee for international economic cooperation indicated that the province still reached the encouraging achievements in the economic integration, despite economic recession and fluctuation. Among the key elements such as trade, investment, tourism, human, infrastructure facility, culture and so on, the province had many factors increasing ranking gigantically, especially, trade and investment. The provincial department of Trade and Industry director Vo Van Cu said that for trade field, Binh Duong still keeps an average pace of export and import growth and a steady purchasing power on the market. This element surged from the 13rd position in 2010 to the 7th in 2013. In addition, investment area jumped its position significantly from the 14th ranking in 2010 to the 2nd in the previous year. The local FDI attraction has over the past years exceeded the set plans. The proportion of registered and chartered capital had no far distance. This proved that Binh Duong has been still an attractive destination for investors. Besides, the level of capital disbursement reached a fair rate, showing the local ability of capital absorption and advantaged environment on investment. According to Vo Van Cu, to maintain and enhance the index on international economic integration, Binh Duong needs a concrete roadmap to research potentials as well as set out and execute strategies. Some measures to keep the ranking of integration ability are also set out. Specifically, they focus on spurring administration reform, growth acceleration on investment and trade, introducing and spreading tourism products, recovering and developing traditional craft villages, excelling policies of human resources attraction, investing strongly in infrastructure facility, proactively setting ou policies in conformity with local features and more. Improving PCI ranking At the conference, the provincial department of Investment and Planning director Mai Hung Dung also assessed situation on launching the project of improving PCI 2013. The project's main contents consisted of reforming and improving efficiency of legal system, developing variously fields of business assistance, enhancing approach of land and stability of land usage, minimizing cost and time of implementing the State's regulations, improving quality and efficiency of vocational training, raising transparency and approach of information, reducing unofficial costs, promoting motivation and leading edge of the local leaders and more. Launching the project has been paid much attention by departments, agencies and localities to raise the PCI in 2013, Dung added. Especially, many contents of the projects have been implementing with encouraging results. "At present, industrial parks have offered 2,300 ha of land for businesses and the local authority has also zoned 300ha at Bau Bang industrial park to attract auxiliary industrial projects in a bid to spur investment attraction and prepare well conditions for receiving opportunities when the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement is signed, etc", Dung revealed. In addition, the local authority has strengthened IT application into management and settlement of administration procedures, application of digital signatures, implementation of e-customs clearance, tax declaration via internet, tax payment via banks, etc. Particularly, the local authority has continuously promoted the leaders' front-line, often held dialogues to solve difficulties for businesses and spur production and business and so on. The provincial People's Committee chairman Le Thanh Cung stressed that the index of international economic integration and the PCI are very important. In the past year, Binh Duong ranked third in the index of international economic integration. This is the remarkable result, marking efforts of agencies, sectors and authorities at all levels. Therefore, the local administration will make more the efforts to maintain this result in the coming time. The PCI alone, the local authority will uphold the done results and simultaneously assess shortcomings to improve the ranking. According to the provincial chairman, the local administration will also hold dialogues with businesses to spur business and production of business community in the province.                                                                                           Reported by D.Thanh - Translated by A.C

The provincial department of Trade and Industry director Vo Van Cu stated that in the past year Binh Duong was ranked the third position among 63 provinces and cities in index of international economic integration. In order to maintain this index, Binh Duong needs a concrete roadmap for researching potentials, setting out and implementing strategies. In addition, some other measures are set out to keep the ranking. They include acceleration of administration reform, growth on investment, trade, dissemination and introduction on tourism products, development on craft villages and traditional festivals.

Vietnam’s export earnings from the US market hit US$2.35 billion in January 2014, a year on year increase of 16.2%, according to Vietnam Customs statistics.

Construction of channels running through Lach Giang estuary began in Hai Hau district, the northern province of Nam Dinh, on February 23.

Vietnamese mobile game producers now feel more self-confident than ever in their ability to develop the domestic market because they have been encouraged by the success of Flappy Bird and School Cheater. Making mobile games – the reasonable way for Vietnamese What the Vietnamese game industry still lacks is the association which connects the idea men, producers and distributors.Developing mobile games was once believed to be the job undertaken only by the game firms on the low ebb which allowed the firms to make money quickly to exist while waiting for new opportunities. However, the success of Flappy Bird has changed the thought completely. Mobile game development should not be seen as a seasonal job, but it is a right way to follow. The success of School Cheater game later has, once again, helped game firms realize where they should go and what they should do. Analysts commented that Vietnamese are technically capable to make high quality games. A lot of Vietnamese firms have been outsourced by the world’s big game firms like Koei, Microsoft Game Studios. However, the lack of such an association would not be a serious problem when making mobile games, where one person can play many different roles. Nguyen Ha Dong, the developer of Flappy Bird, for example, undertook two of the three tasks. He was the man who had the idea of the game which fit the gamers’ taste. And he was also the programmer, who made the game within three days. The only thing he did not do was the distribution, because there are official distribution channels for Android and iOS. Bright prospect forecast for Vietnamese mobile game industry VTC Game has revealed that Tem Phep Thuat game (magic stamp) would be marketed soon. The game, developed by two Vietnamese from AVA Game, is now under the Alpha Test, while the error fixing is expected to be completed by the end of the month. VTC Game affirmed that it has been paying special attention to Vietnam-made mobile games, believing that Vietnamese can succeed if following that way. Chinese market surveys have all said that the Vietnamese Game Mobile Online (GMO) market would see a boom in 2014, according to Hoang Nhat Minh, Deputy Chief Representative of the Southern Office of VTC Game. “Vietnamese make GMO and Vietnamese play Vietnam-made games which can turn realistic,” Minh said. Of course, Vietnamese GMOs need many other conditions to succeed in the home market. “This would depend on the behaviors of studios, distributors, and the Vietnamese community,” he commented. It is obvious that Vietnamese have their original ideas attractive to customers. However, the ideas can also be developed if they are supported by the processors and issuers. If Vietnamese can cooperate well with each other, the GMO industry would take off. The international press has also predicted a bright future for Vietnam’s game industry after witnessing the success of Flappy Bird. The Chicago Tribune has quoted the director of a venture fund in HCM City as saying that the money from the Silicon Valley would flow into Vietnam.                                                                                                                           VietNamNet Bridge

The purchasing power of commodities in the domestic market was still very limited, due to economic difficulties. But, Vietnamese goods were still welcomed by residents in the province over the past years. Noticeably, the province’s total retail sales revenue of commodities reached a high growth in 2013. The most remarkable thing was the program of “Bringing Vietnamese goods to rural areas”, well satisfying the local residents’ demand for shopping.  Vietnamese goods are present at companies’mini-supermarkets to serve workers’ demand for shopping

Late February 21, Binh Duong-based Taiwanese Business Association held the first get-together of the Lunar New Year 2014.

Binh Duong has set its target of absorbing more than US$1bln in FDI capital in 2014. But as of February 20, the province drew more than US$700mln in FDI capital from foreign investors. With such impressive result, it is believed that Binh Duong’s FDI attraction in 2014 will surpass the set target. The above foreign investors were honorably granted investment certificates from provincial People’s Committee at the commence ceremony of the building and development of Binh Duong New City and the opening ceremony of the provincial Integrated Administration Center on February 20. Provincial People’s Committee Chairman Le Thanh Cung (middle) handing over investment certificates to FDI enterprises

Thu Dau Mot city Farmers Society is home to more than 2,000 members and 76 branches and 17 clubs. Over the past years, along with mobilizing farmers to effectively implement works and key tasks, the society has encouraged members to develop economic models of urban agriculture that bring high results. 

Vietnamese products are currently gaining a firm foothold in the domestic market thanks to their improved quality, high competitiveness and reasonable prices, a conference heard in Hanoi on February 18.

Phu Giao district’s War Invalids Association and its affiliates considered and disbursed VND43.38bln in loan for 3,192 households to develop homebased business, helping them rise up out of poverty over the past years.

In 2013, Phu Giao district’s Farmers Society teamed up with relevant agencies to open 135 training courses on sci-tech transfer for 8,797 farmers, helping raise their economic efficiency in cultivation and animal husbandry.

Since early 2014, Binh Duong has continued absorbed more FDI projects. This shows that Binh Duong’s investment climate is very favorable for enterprises to effectively work and decide to make their long-term investment herein. In 2014, Binh Duong further enjoys  a lot of advantages, especially starting construction and development of Binh Duong new city has created more motivation for the province’s FDI attraction… Electronic circuits being manufactured at a Japanese company in the My Phuoc Industrial Park