A series of transport infrastructure projects managed by the Ministry of Transport have received rapid-fire investment registrations from both domestic and foreign investors.

Vietnam has favourable conditions for raising crocodiles and some businesses have already gained initial success in this field. With a specific strategy, a reputable Vietnamese crocodile trademark is within reach.

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRV) under the Ministry of Transport and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on July 1 signed a technical cooperation project to enhance the DRV’s capacity in managing and maintaining the road systems.

The country’s focal task in the second half of 2011 is to continue synchronously implementing measures to curb inflation, stabilise the macro economy and ensure social welfares.

 Farmers enjoy a rice harvest. The Finance Ministry said that aside from expense for new rural building program at 11 communes in the 2009-2010 period, the central budget in this year allocates 1,6tril to implement the national program on new rural building. Needy localities will be given priorities.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC)’s 2011 National Export Strategy has added Vietnam to its list of “next tier” market.

Right from early 2011, Binh Duong is one of provinces leading in implementing Resolution No.02/NQ-CP dated Jan. 9, 2011 and Resolution No.11/NQ-CP dated Feb. 24, 2011. With concrete measures, the province showed its flexibility in responding an instruction of inflation control, macro-economic stability.

The provincial People’s Committee vice chairman Tran Thanh Liem and leaders of departments and agencies yesterday paid a survey at industrial compounds of Binh Chuan, An Thanh and unprompted business-concentrated areas in Thuan An town.

One of the most important criterion in the National Target Program for building the new countryside is that each commune must successfully set up the model of new-style cooperative. In fact, this criterion is very necessary and feasible…

Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DoNRE), on June 26, held a ceremony to announce the list of the 2011 “Green book” businesses.

The province’s export turnover in the first half of the year earned US$4,105mln, up 19.5% compared to last year’s same period.

Since early this year, provincial Industrial Parks (IPs) Management Board has granted 47 construction licenses to businesses with total floor area of 298,375sq.m and total capital of VND804bln and made inspection of 20 other works, including 10 under the second phase for construction, with total floor area of 184,063 sq.m and total capital of VND312bln.

The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that the US debt burden is perilously unsustainable but warned against too-sharp fiscal adjustments that would slow the fragile economy.

Using liquefied natural gas (LNG) for production and business now becomes a trend because LNG is a clean and environmentally friendly fuel. The trend is supported by the provincial leaders when Petrol Vietnam Gas (PV Gas) decides to offer the fuel for local IPs. This is a development trend in conformity with local orientation in the following years.