Farm households in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are applying wet processing technology for coffee beans – the world’s most modern technology – to ensure premium quality.

Lasting for 2 days from April 21 to 22, the seminar sponsored by Binh Duong Farmer Association and Department of Industry and Trade has reported to 400 participants who are excellent farmers about agricultural commitments to WTO, assessment of 4-year admission, policies and guidelines of the Party and State, measures to develop farm produce of Viet Nam in the face of integration and much more.

 Despite having difficulties in the first months of this year, Vietnam’s woodwork processors and exporters have had many orders and sought an appropriate way for their sustainable development.

In Q1 2011, Thuan An Woodwork Processing Joint Stock Company (JSC) secured VND117bln in total revenue or 28.9% of the projection and VND4.24bln in profit or 27.4% of the projection.

In 2010, provincial Farmers’ Societies at all levels set up 308 saving and loan-giving groups with 5,873 members and total loan disbursed from the local Bank for Social Policies of VND73bln, bringing the province’s total outstanding loans to more than VND218bln.

In this year, prices of goods skyrocket after Tet. Especially, in April consumption index at big cities of Ho Chi Minh and Ha Noi is at over 3%. Local people must live flexibly with price storm whilst waiting for inflation control measures from Government.

The local Health Department just built a planning on drug price stability for locally-made medicine products. Accordingly, 6 drug stores at town and district hospitals and a drug store at the local General Hospital are chosen as locations to sell medicines with stable prices.

 The gold prices in the domestic market on April 21 rose sharply to over VND37.7 million per tael while the world’s gold price also hit a record high of US$1,506.5 per ounce.

According to the Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front, 832 out of 1,085 candidates for the National Assembly (NA) deputy election has been chosen in the list of the official election, compared with 500 deputies expected to be elected to the 13th NA.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam has decided to raise forecast figures for exports of some major agricultural products, especially rice, with a forecast export volume of 7.1-7.4 million tonnes of rice in 2011.

Provincial Financial Department’s website at http://sotaichinhbinhduong.gov.vn  will be officially launched on April 20 ahead.

Provincial People’s Committee has just announced the list of 32 enterprises well realizing standards on environmental protection or called “green enterprises”, including 31 enterprises operating inside province-based industrial parks.

Vo Thi Ngoc Hanh, vice director of the local department of Environment and Natural Resource, said the department submitted the local People’s Committee to consider and issue a decision on categorization and announcement of Green Book honoring local excellent businesses in environmental protection.

Facing difficulties, investors have encountered problems of investment. Amid the situation, real estate is a field bringing advantages for investors.

DAMCO (Singapore)- the world’s leading logistics service provider yesterday opened a multi-purpose logistics center at Di An town to cater transport, import and export for the Southern businesses. Vice chairman of the local People’s Committee Tran Thanh Liem attended the inauguration ceremony.