Statistics released by Brazil's Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade on August 10th showed that in the first seven months of 2010, Vietnam's seafood exports to Brazil increased by 16.891% in value and 19.928% in volume year on year.

 Farmer Nguyen Quang Tren enjoys an income of over VND250mil per year. Thanks to local farmers, Phu Giao district has over years upheld its available advantages and potentials. Phu Giao’s laborious farmers have greatly contributed to the local development.

More than 120 local and foreign businesses will join an int’l exhibition on safety, security and fire-fighting technologies and equipment (Secutech Vietnam 2010) to be held at the HCMC on Aug. 25-27. According to the organizing board, the exhibition will include 220 booths of businesses from over 12 nations and territories that will introduce more than 500 latest anti-fire products.

Ranking second in the country in customs declaration sheets with the number of staff accounting for only 3% of the whole sector, Binh Duong Customs has over years accelerated administration reform to facilitate businesses’ goods customs clearance. The good deed is valued as the unit leading in administration reform in the entire sector.

  dustrial development attracts more labor force and causes more pressures of social problems in general.The concept of “sustainable development” officially appeared in year 1987’s Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) named “Our Common Future” that reads “…development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The following article aims at evaluation of actual state of and proposal of measures for sustainable development in Binh Duong province’s current industrial parks.

A German online journal has run an article highlighting Vietnam’s strong economic growth and describing Vietnam as an emerging economy in Asia.

 Phu Giao district’s farm economy sees the growth of the models to breed animals with hi-economic valueWith its advantages on soil, climate and workforce, Phu Giao district has over time focused on promoting farm economy. This is also a highlight of the district’s economy, contributing to improving the local people’s living standards and changing the image of the rural land.

The provincial People’s Committee and Becamex IDC just broke ground 3 key works of DT742, DT746 and DT747 roads with the total length of 57km in Tan Uyen district. It would cost a total VND4tril under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) form. To shrink time of toll collection and hasten local and regional economic development, the Committee shared responsibility by contributing over 50% of project capital for compensation and site clearance in a bid to help launch and complete the project on time.

Multi-billion dollar steel projects are pushing up power consumption and fouling the environment without obviously adding economic value, according to analysis in Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon.

 Artisan Nguyen Van Nam, chairman of Thuan An district’s Biotope Association has just been awarded the 2009 Vietnam Gold Entrepreneur-Business Award by the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (photo).

Vietnam’s power sector has asked the Government to approve an increase in average electricity prices from 5.5 US cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) to 8 cents. Energy Association Chairman Tran Viet Ngai explained why such a big increase is necessary to the HCM City newspaper, Tuoi Tre.

The HCM City Handicraft and Wood Industry Association (HAWA) and the Alliance Handicraft and Wooden Fine Art Corporation, on August 14, held a press conference to introduce the Vietnam Furniture and Home Furnishings Fair 2010 (Vifa Home 2010).

Born in 1963, as a child, Nguyen Minh Tiep had to self-manage for his life. His mother passed away when he was a child whilst his father married again. So, he had to live on her uncle’s support. Maybe, his childhood’s difficulties make him create career and reap success.

Total retail sales reached VND877.5 trillion (US$45 billion) in the first seven months of this year, a rise of 26.4 percent against the same period in 2009, according to the General Statistics Office.