Vietnam will grant quarantine certificates to its fresh vegetables and fruit as of June 30, making them eligible for export to European Union (EU) after over 12 months of temporary halt, an official has said.

As planned, nearly 300 entrepreneurs will gather at Lucky Square Conference Center in Binh Duong new city to attend a program on “Entrepreneurs connecting for trade development” co-held by Binh Duong Young Entrepreneurs Association and HCM city Young Entrepreneurs Association, together with the participation of Binh Duong’s Department of Industry and Trade and industries’ associations, leaders of the Young Entrepreneurs Associations in Dong Nai, HCM city, Long An and Ba Ria-Vung Tau. This playground will contribute to meeting members’ demand for development and integration in the southeastern region. Binh Duong’s young entrepreneurs have made efforts in promoting trade cooperation

Remarkable changes

The prices of some commodities greatly affecting the commodity market like gas, petrol have continuously decreased in April and early May. Diseases in cattle and poultry now get complicated with purchasing power that is low while supply is very abundant…All have helped the prices of food and many other commodities continue being stable in the coming time.

In April, provincial Job Placement Center held two job transaction sessions, luring 114 enterprises with the recruitment demand of 10,216 laborers.

In 2012, despite of economic difficulties, BCE directorate had many solutions to excel the set goals with over VND720.4bil in turnover, a 19.15% increase from 2011, a pre-tax profit of over VND63bil and an after-tax profit of over VND51.5bil and so on.

Curbing speculation

Over the past 2 years, communes and wards launched 307 works with the total length of 81.60km and total investment capital of VND248.39bil. Some localities of Phu Cuong, Hoa Phu and Phu Tan wards gained 100% of their plans.

Under the five-year project, the New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd. will cooperate with Vietnamese experts from the Southern Fruit Research Institute (SOFRI) and the Vietnam Institute of Agricultural and Post-Harvest Technology (VIAEP) to produce high-quality and disease resistant varieties.