The World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam on December 16 signed a financing agreement and related legal documents for the Higher Education Development Policy Credit valued at 50 million USD– the second operation in a programmatic series of three credits.

  On December 16, the Vietnam National Flag Carrier – Vietnam Airlines officially opens the new Ho Chi Minh City – Beijing air route.

In response to the instruction of shifting economic structure and expanding cooperation relations for overall development, Tan Cang Song Than ICD Ltd. is the first business investing in state-of-the-art facilities for exploiting package logistics services with the international standards. After 10 years of operation with spectacular breakthroughs, Tan Cang Song Than ICD Ltd. has turned a waterless land filled with straw grass into a busy ICD inland Customs Clearance Depot. ICD Song Than reached merit certificates from the PM government for 5 consecutive years and will receive Labor Order, third class on its upcoming 10th birthday.

A meeting to discuss measures for helping people in difficulties and public servants on Tet 2011 was co-held by local People’s Council, Committee and party committee. According to the provincial Finance Department, the total Tet bonus expenditure for Tet 2011 is at nearly VND74bil, a 52% rise from the same period last year.

Under assessment of Binh Duong Provincial People’s Committee, production value of agricultural sector has reached VND 2,566 billion or increased by 3.7% from 2009, making a balance of 3.6%, 3.7% and 11% increase of planting, husbandry, and services accordingly. The delightful results in not very good objective conditions were thanks to actions of agencies and authority to prevent and prepare for all situations against diseasesand pests, extending services and supportive measures for agricultural prodcution.

After 15 years of development, P&G Vietnam Co. has become one of the top cosmetics companies in Vietnam. Many products of the company have won domestic customers’ trust. The company has not only excelled at production and business activities, but also actively got involved in social charity activities.

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a document to ask credit institutions and its branches nationwide to hold interest rates on Vietnam dong deposits at 14 percent.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has agreed to remove Vietnam’s Tra fish from its Red List. The information was released at a press briefing by the General Fisheries Office on December 15.

  Buses in Binh Duong province is improving both in quality and quantity.Bus services are improving to satisfy the needs of travel in the face of infrastructure development and demographic growth. In Binh Duong province, this mean of transport has becoming significant in daily life of workers, officers, and students. Up to date, 21 bus routes are operating with 226 25- to 80-seat vehicles servicing averagely 38,931 turns of passengers daily.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) will hold an inauguration ceremony for the Dung Quat Oil Refinery on December 24, according to the chief of the Office of the Binh Son Petrochemical Company Dang Hong Son.

After more than one year of launching the campaign “Vietnamese people give priority to using Vietnamese goods, many people said that Vietnamese goods actually have not dominated the domestic market yet, especially in the rural regions. To know more about this, Binh Duong Daily had an interview with Nguyen Thi Dien, Director of provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

After 3 months of training, a training course on home furniture for 150 workers of Minh Phuong Export Furniture Ltd. wrapped up at the company on Dec. 14. This course was under the 2010 local industrial promotion program co-held by the Center for Industrial Promotion and Development and Minh Phuong Export Furniture Ltd.

Late Dec.13, provincial vice-chairman Pham Hoang Ha had a meeting with the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Competition Control Department on preparation for implementing the Customer Protection Law, the customer protection work for 2011 and review the result of the customer protection work in 2010.

The Vietnam Bank for Social Policy’s Binh Duong Branch has gained positive results in operations and well fulfilled its plan for 2010.

Reportedly, provincial Businesswomen’s Club gained successes in the second tenure of 2008 and 2010. Members of the club not only helped each other in business activities for better development, but also actively got involved in social charity activities for sake of public welfare.