The export price of pepper hit a record high of VND140,000 per kilo, up VND40,000 per kilo compared to the previous month, according to the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).

 

After handing 251 houses located at Paradise Garden under the 1st phase of Ecolakes My Phuoc project over clients on Dec. 18, 2010, SetiaBecamex JSC, the investor of the project continued to hand 58 villas located at Dream Valley over clients.

 Vietnam is now one of the three countries in Asia and ten in the world to have built a jack-up drilling rig meeting the international standards recognised by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

Panasonic planned to build a refrigerator factory near its existing facility in Hanoi . Once operational in October, 2012, the new facility will raise the group’s annual output in Vietnam to 800,000 units, doubling its current capacity.  The Japanese group will also construct a new washing machine factory in the northern province of Hung Yen with a production of 800,000 units per year. The factory is scheduled to be put into operation in April, 2013.  In addition, Panasonic will open a R&D centre to develop products for domestic customers.  According to Panasonic, Vietnam is an attractive market for Japanese electronics and home appliances producers, as only 10-30 percent of its almost 90 million population have used refrigerators and washing machines.

A breakthrough foundation

The seventh Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Expo (ITE HCMC 2011) will take place from September 14-17 with the participation of the tourism industries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and host Vietnam. 

The International Exhibition on Food, Processing & Packaging Technology (Vietfood & Pro+Pack Vietnam 2011) opened in HCM City on September 8. 

 US businesses are very keen to invest in Vietnam and want to expand cooperation with Vietnamese counterparts in economics, trade and investment, especially when Vietnam’s macroeconomy is showing positive signs.

The provincial Center for Industrial Promotion and Consultancy yesterday held a training on industrial promotion for cadres of economic and industrial promotion divisions and reps of some businesses across the province.

Truong Tri Dung, director of Binh Duong Electricity Company said that the company annually economizes over 1.4% of electricity output. In 2010, the company saved 76 million Kwh. In the first 8 months of this year, the company economized 46.350 million kWh.

This was affirmed by the Vietnam Food Association during its seventh congress on the 2012-2015 period in Can Tho City on September 6.

Mr Dung made the commitment on September 6 at the Consultation Meeting with Development Partners on Vietnam’s Macro-economic Situation held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

One of breakthrough programs set out by the 9th provincial party congress is to focus on developing hi-quality service in attachment to urban industrial development. more and more supermarkets and trade centers appear in Binh Duong.

The provincial People’s Committee chairman Le Thanh Cung, vice chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Van Nam and reps of departments, agencies and localities yesterday heard reports on a project of National highway 13 elevated road from Becamex IDC and a consultancy unit.