The programme follows MoIT Instruction 18/CT-BCT about deploying measures to push exports and widen markets.

Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange Thursday edged higher after striking record in Wednesday, buoyed by approaching quantitative easing (QE) policy. Meanwhile, another previous metal silver also expands in the day.

The country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in September went up by 1.31 percent over the previous month, the highest level for September of any year since 2000.

A total of 350,000 people in the central region of Vietnam have benefited from a poverty reduction project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

In the first nine months of 2010, industrial parks (IPs) under provincial IPs Management Board absorbed US$301.6mln in FDI capital, getting 75.4% of this year’s plan or 73% compared to the corresponding period of last year. Particularly, they lured 35 new FDI projects with a total registered capital of more than US$92.6mln, up 8 compared to the corresponding period of last year and 51 extra-ones with nearly US$209mln.

From sustainable foundations

Di An district will try to turn it into a city of class III with prosperity and civilization in the next five years. To achieve the target, the district will strive to maintain annual growth at 16%; reach the average income per capital of more than VND68mln a year; have more than 80% of socio-technical infrastructure invested perfectly.

The Thai scholar circle has extolled Vietnam as a country with favourable investment environment, saying they believed in further development of the bilateral cooperative relationship, despite challenges.

The world’s gold value reached a new peak of US$1,290 per ounce on September 22, making domestic gold prices approach VND30.29 million/tael, VND200,000/tael more than the previous day.

Foreign investors coming to Vietnam are not only seen as investors but also as friends, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet while meeting with representatives of various major US businesses at the Global Investment Conference (GIC) in New York on September 22.

Workers often collect garbage.

Upholding results done in emulation work, Dau Tieng Rubber Company just launched a 5-year emulation movement to servants and laborers with emulative programs of technical, managerial improvement, creation and so on.

Under a joint plan between the Vietnam Women’s Union Central Committee and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on “Helping rural women in economic development, improving their living quality”, provincial Women’s Union teamed up with relevant agencies to effectively realize agricultural and forestry promotion over the past 10 years, contributing to developing production and raising the living quality of the local rural residents…

 A new report published by UK Trade & Investment and Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) showed Vietnam has been seen as the number one investment destination, beyond the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), for the third consecutive year.

From a breakthrough ideal in building trade centers, hi-building tenements at Song Than IP and An Binh commune, after 5 years of operation Hai Long Trade and Service Company has become the province’s strong unit in offering houses for low incomers and one of local leading retailers.