The local assessment Council for Planning and Development of rural trades held a meeting to hear about the Southern Institute of Planning and Development’s presentation on local rural trades till 2020.

The Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) just launched a program named “import-export assistance – interest rates welcome Spring” for businesses with the demand on borrowing dollars. The program will run till March 31, 2011 and offer interest rates of 5.2% per year for export and 6% per annum for import.

The Central Executive Committee of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) held its 6th congress in Hanoi on February 22.

The customs sector will shorten the time it takes to complete procedures and set up hotlines for consumers to facilitate more trade, investment and tourism.

The dollar price increase has made real estate investors anxious and real estate developers worried sick. Meanwhile, the house prices are predicted to increase sharply in 2011.

  In 2011, province-based businesses need to recruit 65,128 laborers, including 2,186 laborers at university level, 4,363 laborers at college, junior college levels and 58,579 unskilled laborers. Among these laborers, FDI businesses need 46,722 while domestic businesses need 18,356.

 As of Dec.2010, the whole province had additional 56 hotels and motels from 34 businesses and 22 individual households with 1.133 rooms and nearly VND109bln in total registered capital. So far, there have been 334 businesses and individual households getting involved in the field with a total registered capital of around VND1.063trillion.

Long Nguyen rubber plantation is now home to 872 staffs and manages 2,419 ha of rubber. Between 2000 and 2010, it took lead among Dau Tieng Rubber Corp.’s units in terms of productivity, quality in production; having achievements in sci-tech application; well realizing movements of upholding technical initiatives and protecting the environment…

In 2011, the Mekong Delta expects to earn US$1.55 billion in tra fish export earnings, an increase of US$150 million over the previous year.

Visiting Hoang Van Lo’s honey bee-raising farm in Phu Giao district’s Tam Lap commune, everyone will know that this is a job with a very high income. Earlier, he used to work for a famous honey bee-raising farm in the Central Highland. After many years of accumulating experiences, he decided to open a honey bee-breeding farm.

The price hike of electricity in this year is the highest increase level so far. The Ministry of Trade and Industry, said the increase level was based on input materials, inflation control and approved by the Government.

French business circle showed their interests in Vietnam's development strategy, especially in the 2011-2015 period and between now and 2020.

Vietnamese people can easily access the internet at a very low cost, said Luu Vu Hai, Director General of the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

Nearly 60 percent of Vietnamese consumers prefer domestic goods, according to the survey by the Institute for Social Opinions Research.

Binh Duong’s control of epidemic in cattle and poultry reached high results in the past year. However, to minimize loss of the epidemic, the local agriculture sector remains many things to do.