Since early this year, Binh Duong province has absorbed more than VND1.4bln in FDI capital, exceeding this year’s plan. Thanks to its favorable investment climate plus potentials and advantages, especially perfection on urban infrastructure to become a centrally-controlled municipality by 2020, Binh Duong has become attractive in the eyes of foreign investors.

Vietnam has signed contracts to export more than 4.2 million tonnes of rice so far this year, up 24 percent compared to the same period last year.

Six more items were officially added to the list of national products of high competitiveness approved by the Prime Minister last week.

Some the country’s key export staples are assessed to reach a good growth in 2012 and 2013. However, businesses involving in the staples have faced many difficulties. Apparel and timber processing are among of the local key export staples.

 Di An town now has 12,642 trade-services establishments and 10 cooperatives (including 2 cooperatives on waste collection, 2 credit funds…). The town is also forming up many trade-services forms with high added value in terms of banking-finance, health, education, telecommunications…Transport and lodging business services herein have so far achieved strong growth.

Some the country’s key export staples are assessed to reach a good growth in 2012 and 2013. However, businesses involving in the staples have faced many difficulties. Apparel and timber processing are among of the key export staples.

The Vietnam Software Association (VINASA) on April 22 conferred Sao Khue awards on 50 outstanding software products and 15 IT services.

It is predicted that 2012 will continue being a year with many difficulties for enterprises. Stabilizing production and creating harmonious labor relations are seen as necessary conditions for enterprises to overcome difficulties and challenges in order to fulfill their set targets and plans.

Binh Duong Construction and Civil Engineering Joint Stock Co. (BCE) has just forwarded the Annual Meeting of Shareholders 2012 to review its activities in 2012 and approve 2012’s business plan.

According to the provincial department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province has formed up some hi-tech agriculture and livestock areas such as Tien Hung hi-tech agriculture area, specializing in breeding chickens, An Thai hi-tech agriculture area, specializing in planting clean vegetables, fruits and so on. However, hi-tech application into agricultural production has yet to be developed widely. Many ideas said that the biggest difficulty is in site clearance and capital…

 Shrinking markets overseas

Along with the province’s fast and stable economic growth, the demand for laborers, especially highly skilled ones herein has been increasing sharply. The local laborers have also enjoyed many opportunities to select occupations in accordance with criteria of the Government’s Project 1956 on “Giving vocational training to rural laborers till 2020”. After two-year implementation, the Project 1956 has brought results, but still faced challenges for change. Laborers in Phu Giao district attending a class on how to tap rubber latex