The fair has attracted nearly 6,000 businesses from 200 countries and territories in the world, including 16 ones from Vietnam.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in auxiliary industry will be supported for development with the goal that they can supply 50% of the localization demand for manufacturing industry. This is the content of the project approved at the Government PM’s Decision No.1556/QD-TTg dated Oct.17, 2012.

Binh Duong is home to a large area of orchards, locating mainly at Lai Thieu (Thuan An town), Bach Dang, Tan Dinh and Hieu Liem (Tan Uyen), Long Nguyen, Tru Van Tho (Ben Cat)… Farmers getting success with the segment fruit tree include Le Van Xe, Pham The Hoang, Lam Thanh Thuong in Tan Uyen district, Nguyen Thanh Thuy, Le Van Phan in Ben Cat district. By their creation, diligence, these farmers have created a high effective model of growing fruit trees, earning a big income.

A 9 km long overpass linking the north Linh Dam peninsula with the Mai Dich area in Hanoi has been opened to traffic.

SitiaBecamex Joint Stock Company (JSC), the investor of Ecolakes My Phuoc urban area in Ben Cat district is the only enterprise in real estate trading listed in the Binh Duong Green Book 2012 together with 45 enterprises in many other fields. A glance of the Ecolakes My Phuoc urban area

Nineteen export products have earned more than US$1 billion each so far this year, according to the Vietnam General Department of Customs.

A report on socio-economic development in 2012 and orientations for 2013 will be presented by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) at the 13th National Assembly’s fourth session next week.

Binh Duong has spent VND135.291bln on realizing support policies for poor people since early this year. Particularly, the province provided VND2.575bln in preferential loan for 98 households with three or four-wheel vehicles banned for operation in TDM city and Thuan An town; granted 27,006 health insurance cards for poor people and 4,060 health insurance cards for those near poverty; mobilized enterprises and donors to present gifts worth VND6bln to poor people…

In the first nine months of 2012, Phu Giao district’s Women’s Society disbursed more than VND4.5bln from many different sources of capital for 2,781 turns of women to develop homebased business.

Assuring asset of investors

An international industrial fair will be held in the capital city this week to promote industrial investment and trade both inside and outside the country.

Vietnam-US trade turnover reached US$18 billion in the first three quarters of 2012, representing a year-on-year increase of 13.22 percent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Late Oct.15, Tan Hiep Phat (THP) Group held a ceremony to mark its 18th anniversary and receive the third-class Medal (photo).