A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the EU is expected to offer many new opportunities, but also pose challenges for Vietnam’s economy.

A ceremony to announce a list of 500 companies with the fastest growth rate in Viet Nam (FAST500) in 2011 was co-held by Viet Nam Report Co and online news VietnamNet on  April 10 at HCM city’s Thong Nhat hall.

Thanks to its favorable investment climate, Binh Duong has over time attracted many FDI real estate projects with a total investment capital of more than US$2.4bln, contributing to promoting the local urbanization process…

Provincial Steering Board for Power Saving has just made a plan on implementation of 2012’s tasks.

Despite the impacts of the global economic downturn, Binh Duong’s economy in Q1 still continued reaping positive results, particularly in exports and investment attraction…

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended a ceremony to honour the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) with the Gold Star Order for its contributions to the industry in Ho Chi Minh City on April 8.

The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) says 89 businesses are expected to complete their rice purchase in mid April as they have already bought as many as 637,000 tons of rice for temporary stockpiling.

 An Thanh People’s Credit Fund is among top ten people’s credit funds in the cooperatives bloc of the province. After 17 year-operation, An Thanh People’s Credit Fund has actually become a reliable address for members and locals.

Co-operative economy in Binh Duong has remarkably contributed to local socio-economic development. In 2011 and the 1st quarter of 2012 alone, collective economy was still maintained and developed.

Visiting Tan Uyen district’s Phu Chanh commune in a late afternoon, every one here was busy with their farming work. “Phu Chanh commune has a traditional work of planting taro for a long time. Phu Chanh taro has appeared everywhere and brought high income for local farmers. We will help you learn about the traditional work”, said Nguyen Van Luu, vice chairman of the communal Farmers Society.

Okra has become a kind of tree bringing a stable income for many farmers in localities.