The Business Times: Australia to appoint agricultural advisor to Vietnam

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• Australia to appoint agricultural advisor to Vietnam
• US experts inspect Vietnam shrimp exporters
• Japanese investors eye southern province
• Mekong Delta expands area of specialty fruit trees
• Vietnam metro systems get set, but will the public go?
• VINATEX’s CEO to get dismiss if firm suffers loss in 2 consecutive years
• Hanoi plans to increase retail electricity prices by 5% from july 1st, 2013
• Thai firms set up shoe distribution channels in Vietnam
• Seafood group to help exporters
• Increasing Vietnam-Mozambique investment efficiency

Australia to appoint agricultural advisor to Vietnam Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:20 AM PDT Australia's Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Joe Ludwig announced on June 12 that an agricultural advisor will soon be appointed to work in Vietnam next year. Ludwig expressed hope that Australian food producers and exporters will benefit from the presence of agricultural experts in Vietnam and other Asian markets as they can help strengthen bilateral agricultural cooperation, [...] The post Australia to appoint agricultural advisor to Vietnam appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

US experts inspect Vietnam shrimp exporters Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:18 AM PDT Experts from the US Department of Commerce are conducting a fact-finding tour of Vietnam's major shrimp producers and processors to examine the local shrimp farming and processing industry. The June 10-16 inspection tour is part of the DOC's scheduled plan to provide a basis for its final determination on the anti-subsidy case against shrimp imports [...] The post US experts inspect Vietnam shrimp exporters appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Japanese investors eye southern province Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:16 AM PDT Leader of the southern province of Dong Nai has pledged to create all favourable conditions for Japanese small- and medium-sized enterprises to invest in the locality. The Chairman of the Dong Nai provincial People's Committee, Dinh Quoc Thai, spoke highly of Japanese investors' operations in the province during his reception for a delegation from the [...] The post Japanese investors eye southern province appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Mekong Delta expands area of specialty fruit trees Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:20 PM PDT The Mekong Delta has additional 20,000 hectares of specialty fruit trees than they did three years ago, according to the Southern Horticultural Research Institute. Areas under speciality fruit trees in the provinces of Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Dong Thap, Vinh Long, Hau Giang and Can Tho have increased to 83,000ha, accounting for 29 per cent [...] The post Mekong Delta expands area of specialty fruit trees appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam metro systems get set, but will the public go? Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:13 PM PDT After years of delay, authorities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are determined that they will have their first metro systems commissioned by 2018 in a bid to clear streets increasingly clogged with cars and motorbikes. However, they face a much tougher task in convincing millions of motorbike and car owners to switch to [...] The post Vietnam metro systems get set, but will the public go? appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

VINATEX’s CEO to get dismiss if firm suffers loss in 2 consecutive years Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:07 PM PDT Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vietnam National Textile Garment Group (Vinatex) would get dismiss if the firm suffers loss in 02 consecutive years. This is one of the contents of the draft on Charter and Regulation of Vinatex set up by (MoIT). Under the draft, CEO of Vinatex will get dismiss if the firm suffers [...] The post VINATEX's CEO to get dismiss if firm suffers loss in 2 consecutive years appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Hanoi plans to increase retail electricity prices by 5% from july 1st, 2013 Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:05 PM PDT Hanoi plans to increase retail electricity prices by 5% from July 1st to compensate electricity production costs, the local news wire Gafin.vn reported. The information was disclosed by Vu Quang Hung- Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Hanoi Vietnam Electricity Group (Hanoi EVN) at press conference in June 11, 2013. Earlier, the Ministry of Industry and [...] The post Hanoi plans to increase retail electricity prices by 5% from july 1st, 2013 appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Thai firms set up shoe distribution channels in Vietnam Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:41 PM PDT Many leather-footwear enterprises from Thailand are coming to Vietnam to establish their distribution channels, going ahead of local companies, said Diep Thanh Kiet, vice chairman of the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso). Vietnamese leather-footwear makers mainly sell their products to foreign brands and importers. Meanwhile, Thai producers not only sell their products to foreign [...] The post Thai firms set up shoe distribution channels in Vietnam appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Seafood group to help exporters Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:39 PM PDT HCM CITY (VNS)— The Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has promised its members that it will help them increase export volume for the rest of the year. Speaking at a VASEP meeting in HCM City yesterday, General Secretary Truong Dinh Hoe said that seafood firms were facing several problems, including a [...] The post Seafood group to help exporters appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Increasing Vietnam-Mozambique investment efficiency Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:36 PM PDT The governments of Vietnam and Mozambique should create more favourable conditions for their business communities to enter each other's markets. Businesses made the proposal at a joint roundtable on Vietnam-Mozambique trade and investment promotion in Hanoi on June 12. Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dao Quang Thu noted that bilateral investment cooperation remains modest, [...] The post Increasing Vietnam-Mozambique investment efficiency appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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