Maritime Bank just wins 2010 prestigious stock trademark award granted by the Vietnam Securities Association. The award is to encourage efforts of businesses for the Vietnamese stock market.

This is the country’s first modern complex to be built oriented toward the commodity economy and with a self-contained manufacturing cycle meeting international standards.

In 2009, Thanh Le Trade – Import-Export Ltd. received many prizes of second class Labor Order, emulation flags and so on. Besides, the provincial People’s Committee granted the title of excellent labor to workgroups and individuals. Those are its achievements during 17 years of development and establishment as an economic group.

 Moon-cake market this year sees gloomyThe prices of various moon cakes this year are higher than those of the previous year. Moon-cake producers have launched many products with high quality and diversification in design. But, there have been reduction in number of customers compared to the previous years.

This morning, Sept.17, the HCM city Cooperatives Union opens Co.opMart Binh Duong, which is located at the crossroad between 30/4 street and CMT8 street in TDM town, opposite to provincial Coach Station.

Cat Toan Investment-Construction Co.Ltd. yesterday held a groundbreaking ceremony for the villa and house combination project under the Phu Thuan residential estate project in TDM town’s Phu Loi ward.

The world’s gold price reached a record high US$1,276.5 per ounce in the New York market on September 15, pushing the domestic price of gold to a peak VND29.76 million/tael.

Amid the complication of Corynespora leaf fall (CLF) disease in rubber trees, small rubber farms are in risks of destruction. In the province, rubber growers are facing with numerous difficulties to fight against the disease.

According to Department of Industry and Trade, domestic timber processing for exports enterprises are struggling for raw materials because many enterprises from China are purchasing raw materials from Binh Duong and Dong Nai, causing sky-rocketing price.The cause of this situation is due to the fact that processed raw materials such as wood planks, wood grafting floor are beneficiary of 0% tax rate when exported to China as the refined products. Therefore, Chinese enterprises are willing to buy these products at high prices, causing difficulties for the export of timber processing enterprises in Binh Duong.In the face of this situation, the Department of Industry and Trade has proposed the Ministry of Industry and Trade, General Department of Customs to consider and review the effects of timber tax rate of 0% in export clearance to identify refined wood products or wood purified material to determine the correct taxable products, and to aime at stabilizing markets of wood materials, solving problems for enterprises.

The Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Company (VALC) received its third ATR72-500 aircraft from the manufacturer Avion de Transport Regional (ATR), based in the French city of Toulouse on September 14.

According to the decree, the state budget will support 100% of the interest rate for loans at commercial banks to purchase and stockpile rice of the summer – autumn harvest in 2010. This was directed in decision No 993/QĐ-TTg on June 30th, 2010 by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

With the growing industrialization and urbanization, Binh Duong province is facing with concerns on environmental management. To improve this status, challenge of the local environmental management sector is very big, especially solid, medical and harmful waste managements.

Binh Duong Customs Bureau, said as of Aug. 2010, the total of businesses involving in customs procedures at the bureau reached 2,684 units, up 14% from 2009. Of these, local businesses amounted 1,400 (55.51%) and external companies (44.49%).

According to a staff of the team, though many strong measures are launched, pirated disc business in the locality becomes more complicated. Since the start of this year, the Market Control Team No.5 has busted many cases of pirated disc business with more than 1,000 discs.

Just-announced Binh Duong Job Exchange has become an online channel helping job seekers with effective and simple ways of information searching.