The Standard and Customers' Right Protection Association under provincial Department of Industry and Trade kicks off a workshop on “Vietnamese people give priority to using Vietnamese goods” and prevention of counterfeit products today, August 16.  

Around 800 construction firms from 18 countries and territories are in attendance at the Vietbuild exhibition, the second of its kind in 2013, which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on August 14. 

A leading official from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group has affirmed that the IFC has confidence in Vietnam ’s long-term economic prospects and commits to supporting its growth during difficult periods.

As a locality with difficulties, Tan Lap commune in Tan Uyen district has made efforts in the national target program of new rural construction. The commune has so far fulfilled 11 out of 19 criteria of new rural construction.

Binh Duong’s sector of industry and trade in collaboration with Binh Duong Electricity Company and relevant units has promoted many electricity-saving programs and implemented inspection tours of province-based electricity-using facilities about their safe use of electricity and electricity saving. There were more than 19.6 mln kWh of electricity saved as of late July, lifting the province’s saved volume of electricity in July to more than 91.47mln kWh of electricity. Of the total figure, the province saved more than 4.53 mln kWh in public lighting electricity, more than 60.57mln kWh in industrial manufacture, more than 3.52mln kWh in administrative institutions and more than 22.83 mln kWh in living electricity.

Early August 14, provincial People’s Committee Vice-Chairman Tran Thanh Liem had a working session with Nishino Tetsuya, Deputy General Director of the Japanese-invested Maruichi Sun Steel Joint Stock Company (JSC) about the implementation of its new factory in Binh Duong. 

Processing shrimps for export. Photo: VNA

So far, agricultural promotion activities in Binh Duong have reached encouraging results, contributing to improving the local farm productivity, farm produce’s quality and farmers’ production ability.

Provincial People’s Committee Chairman Le Thanh Cung yesterday received and worked with Chalokeporn Phalajivin, General Director of Kraft Vina Paper Co.Ltd. about the company’s production expansion in the province.

Provincial Mechantronics Association, on August 9, held a conference to partially sum up its activities in the first half of 2013 and admit additional 6 members at provincial Department of Industry and Trade.