Tran Hoang An, head of the Binh Duong Metro Cash & Carry, said Binh Duong Metro Cash & Carry located at Binh Duong Avenue, Phu Tho ward, Thu Dau Mot town will officially put into operation on Nov. 17 ahead.

To promote environment protection in brick production, Construction Department and PPC have issued documents directing to stop new construction of Hoffman kilns in the province. On the other hand, projects of unsintered construction materials are encouraged. For burning materials, advanced technology should be applied to meet environment protection standards and save up natural resources.

Merger and Acquisition (M&A) is a new tendency in Vietnam. In Binh Duong Province, Trung Nguyen Coffee and Vinamilk M&A is an example.Mai Huu Tin, Ph.D, who is Chairman of U&I Investment JSC, asserted that M&A is natural needs of enterprises and will be more popular in Vietnam and in Binh Duong Province in the future.

After the State Bank of Vietnam issued a circular No.19 on adjusting some regulations of the Circular No.13 to facilitate credit organizations’ capital approach, some commercial banks quickly decrease deposit interest rates in VND and launch many programs to lure customers. However, the roadmap of decreasing lending interest rates is still under expectation.

 The “Bringing Vietnamese goods to the countryside” market fair in Dau Tieng district always get crowded with rural customersAlthough only being implemented for a short time, the “Vietnamese give priority to using Vietnamese goods” campaign in the province has brought a lot of good results. Especially, the market fairs called “Bringing Vietnamese goods to the countryside” have helped rural customers herein to get access to hi-quality Vietnamese goods…

The most active gold contract for December delivery climbed 9.1 U.S. dollars, or 0.7 percent, to finish at 1,354.4 dollars per ounce, the price touched an intraday high of 1,356.3 dollars per ounce earlier in the session.

Emerging to the sea

 To mark Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day, provincial Young Entrepreneurs Association, on Oct.9, held a get-together and admitted additional 12 new members at the Minh Sang Plaza (photo).

 Electric cookers for export being manufactured at the VSIP 1 The province’s export turnover reached nearly US$5.7bln in the first nine months of this year, up 22.3% against last year’s corresponding period. Of these, the domestic investment sector achieved US$1.183bln, up 6.3% while the foreign-funded sector gained US$4.479bln, up 27.4%. There were key export products with high growth, including woodwork up 10.9%, processed food up 17.6%, footwear up 12.8%, garment up 15.8%, and electronics up 58.1%....

The event honoured entrepreneurs who recorded good business performance thereby creating jobs for the community and benefiting society.

Vietnamese goods at a rural market.

In the first 9 months of this year, local businesses enjoyed stable production with a high growth. Specifically, the industrial production value in the Jan-Sept period reached more than VND74tril, a 19.3% rise from the same period last year.

Of which 58,075 labourers were sent to work abroad, accounting for 68.3% of the plan.

The turnover from timber and furniture exports in the first nine months of this year was estimated at US$2.43 billion, a year-on-year increase of 37.7%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).