At present, retail prices of some vegetables and fruits at markets in Thu Dau Mot and Thuan An towns have started increasing. At Thu Dau Mot market, prices of bitter melon, field cabbage… have surged additional VND2,000 per kg whilst the highest increase is in coriander, up VND20,000-25,000 per kg.

The European Union (EU) is proud of being a strategic partner of Vietnam in all fields from trade and investment to politics and culture.

The province’s industrial production value in May was estimated at more than VND9.11trillion, up 6% compared to the previous month. Of the total figure, the domestic investment sector reached more than VND3trillion, up 5.6% while the foreign investment sector achieved more than VND6.1trillion, up 6.1%.

The Banking Vietnam Conference 2011, themed “Optimising technology infrastructure – diversifying banking services,” opened in Hanoi on May 25.

In the context of the local agricultural land shrunk, Tien Hung hi-tech agricultural park in Tan Uyen is expected to open a new way for the local agricultural park. But, the local authorities need to create favorable conditions for the development of the hi-tech agricultural park.

Provincial People’s Committee has just announced its price stabilization program for essential commodities (excluding petrol and oil) from now till Dec.31, 2012  with a total fund of VND608.45bln.

For the first time since early 2011, consumer price index (CPI) has increased in minimal range. In May 2011, CPI increased by 2.3% in comparison to April, during which some commodities with increased CPI including food (5.4%), housing and construction materials (2.47%), electricity (3.11%), clean water (0.56%); gas (4.09%), kerosene (9.11%), other groups of goods and services (4.63%).

Full House Ltd.Co’s Domus Center has been put into operation at Thuan An town with the model of “One-stop-shop”, helping clients select products easily. Earlier, VHome supermarket located on 1K National Highway, Di An town was put into use. Possibly speaking, Binh Duong home decoration market has been in the race of scale. As such, competition in the market has become more drastic.

Becamex IJC has officially broken ground to construct Dong Do Commercial Center in Binh Duong New City. Attending the ceremony on May 22 was representatives of local authority, suppliers, consultancy and design units, and over 200 loyal customers.

The prices of many essential commodities have begun to decline since early May, due to the balance of supply and demand, according to the Industry and Trade Information Center under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Hoa Binh People’s Committee signed a memorandum of understanding on investment cooperation worth 378 million euro with the BGT Slovensko group from Slovakia on May 24.

The provincial People’s Committee vice chairman Tran Thanh Liem and leaders of departments and agencies yesterday paid a survey to Tan Dong Hiep B and Dapark industrial parks in Di An town.

State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has just issued a document to demand for controlling of credit activities in 2011 against credit organizations, domestic and foreign branches of banks, banking inspectorates, and SBV’s branches in provinces and cities.

By the end of last week, gold price strongly increased to the peak after an increase in Asia-Europe session and reduction in American session. By yesterday (May 23) gold price hit USD 1,515.29 per ounce or increased by USD 18 per ounce – the highest since May 10. In the meantime, domestic gold price slightly increased to VND 37.44 – 37.53 million for SJC. Tradings of gold is relatively low because investors is tending to invest into VND savings at attrative interest rates.

After industry in Binh Duong Province has been vertically developed, supporting industry is now on the stage to promote in-depth development.