Sai Gon 1 Cultural Services Co.Ltd has just kicked off a consumer goods fair in the administrative center of Di An district.

Provincial People’s Committee (PPC) Deputy Chairman had checking sessions at Phuoc Hoa irrigation construction site, An Thai high-tech agricultural zone in Phu Giao District, and at Phu Binh forestry farm which is now a one-member limited company.

 Chile and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have officially opened up their markets to Vietnamese dragon fruit.

 An industrial gas plant with capacity of 8,500 N cu.m per hour, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, was put into operation on October 6 at the Hoa Phat Steel Complex in the northern province of Hai Duong by the Messer Hai Phong Industrial Gas Company Ltd.

In the first nine months of 2010, businesses in province-based industrial parks worked effectively with high revenue, contributing to helping them raise State budget payment, create stable jobs for hundreds of thousands of laborers…

From now to the end of the year, State’s Bank will extend open market and supplement trading period to slightly reduce interest rate and open foreign currency swap as well as to offer favor conditions for commercial banks to reduce interest rates of deposits and loans.

The quick and effective development of urban and hi-tech agriculture in association with building new countryside is one of the province’s key tasks between 2011 and 2015. And many synchronous measures are needed to achieve the target…

 The Republic of Korea (RoK) is the largest source of foreign investment in Vietnam, with an accumulated capital infusion of 23 billion USD, said the RoK Consul General in HCM City Kim Sang Yoon.

 Tan Phuoc Khanh township’s Society for the Elderly in Tan Uyen district held a get-together and congratulated 120 old people on their longevity (photo), including 1 aged 107, 20 aged 99, 10 aged 19, 12 aged 85, 24 aged 80, 26 aged 75 and 27 aged 70. The district and township also gave each of us between VND50,000 and VND500,000 to encourage them enjoy a joyful and health life.

More than 4,200 individuals and units were mobilized to develop Phu Giao district’s Support Fund for Farmers with more than VND2bln over the past five years. Upon the fund, the district’s Farmers’ Society considered and gave support of more than VND1.95bln for 451 farmer households.

Duong Van Chuc, said he toured a model of breeding gecko in Tay Ninh province’s Tan Chau township 2 months ago. Learning about ways of taking care for this animal and profits from the model, he spent VND2mil to buy 100 breeding geckos for his pilot breeding.

Garment exports earned more than US$1 billion in September, bringing the sector’s total export value in the first nine months of this year to over US$8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 20.6 percent.

All economic sectors have achieved high growth and many exports have improved and are likely to meet their targets a month ahead of schedule.

Vietnam's great potential in exporting herbs for medicinal uses remains largely untapped, as mass imports of cheap products have left the industry stagnant, according to speakers at a conference held by Vietnam Material Medical Society (VIMAMES) last Friday.