The Business Times: Promoting cooperation potential with Japanese locality

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• Promoting cooperation potential with Japanese locality
• Vietnam boosts unseasonable fruits to avoid direct confrontation
• Banking growth target ‘reachable’
• Tablet sales in Vietnam surge 233pct in H1/2013: report
• Singapore interest in VN imports grows
• New PP duties a blow for businesses
• Thai Nguyen steel mill starts work
• Largest sewage treatment plant handed over to Hanoi
• Hue to kick off ‘Golden Tourism Month’
• Chinese investment in Vietnam rises steeply

Promoting cooperation potential with Japanese locality Posted: 01 Sep 2013 12:57 AM PDT Vietnam attaches importance to Japan's direct investment and rolls out the red carpet to welcome Japanese businesses, including those from Toyama prefecture. Vietnamese ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung made the statement at an economic workshop on Vietnam held in Toyama prefecture on August 30. The ambassador spoke highly of Toyama's industrial achievements in recent [...] The post Promoting cooperation potential with Japanese locality appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam boosts unseasonable fruits to avoid direct confrontation Posted: 01 Sep 2013 12:55 AM PDT  Vietnamese exporters have been trying to squeeze into foreign markets by exporting unseasonable fruits to avoid other redoubtable rivals.   The unseasonable fruit export strategy New Zealand has allowed Vietnamese mangos to enter the market since 2012. A ton of mango was shipped to the market earlier this year from the Rong Do Company. The [...] The post Vietnam boosts unseasonable fruits to avoid direct confrontation appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Banking growth target ‘reachable’ Posted: 01 Sep 2013 12:48 AM PDT The 12 per cent credit growth target set for commercial banks this year is within reach, according to a central bank official. Nguyen Thi Hong, director of the State Bank of Viet Nam’s Department of Monetary Policies, said in a meeting with the media last week that by late July, the banking sector had achieved [...] The post Banking growth target 'reachable’ appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Tablet sales in Vietnam surge 233pct in H1/2013: report Posted: 31 Aug 2013 07:15 PM PDT Over 206,000 tablets flew off the shelves in Vietnam in the first half of this year, an extensive 233 percent increment compared to the same timeframe a year ago, according to an international market research company. In terms of value, the overall worth of the local tablet market has expanded by 160 percent during this [...] The post Tablet sales in Vietnam surge 233pct in H1/2013: report appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Singapore interest in VN imports grows Posted: 31 Aug 2013 07:11 PM PDT HA NOI (VNS) According to International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, Singapore’s cumulative imports from Viet Nam in the first seven months of this year reached almost S$1.8 billion (US$1.4 billion), an increase of 15.7 per cent over the same period last year. Among the key imports from Viet Nam, electrical machinery and sound recorders made the [...] The post Singapore interest in VN imports grows appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

New PP duties a blow for businesses Posted: 31 Aug 2013 07:09 PM PDT Viet Nam will increase import taxes on polypropylene (PP) from zero to 1 per cent by 2014, 2 per cent by 2015 and 3 per cent by 2016. The tax adjustments are mentioned in Circular No 107 recently issued by the Ministry of Finance. The circular contains changes to preferential import tax rates on certain [...] The post New PP duties a blow for businesses appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Thai Nguyen steel mill starts work Posted: 31 Aug 2013 07:07 PM PDT The Thai Trung Rolling Steel Joint Stock Company on Thursday inaugurated a rolled steel mill with a capacity of 500,000 tonnes per year in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. With total investment of VND1.3 trillion (US$61.3 million), the 66,000- square metre project is part of efforts to expand production of the Thai Trung Rolling [...] The post Thai Nguyen steel mill starts work appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Largest sewage treatment plant handed over to Hanoi Posted: 31 Aug 2013 07:05 PM PDT Yen So Sewage Treatment Plant, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, was handed over to Hanoi Sewage and Drainage Ltd. Co. on August 30. The facility, located in Yen So ward of the city's Hoang Mai district, covers 91,959 square metres and is capable of treating 200,000 cubic metres per day, half of the [...] The post Largest sewage treatment plant handed over to Hanoi appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Hue to kick off ‘Golden Tourism Month’ Posted: 31 Aug 2013 07:02 PM PDT A special tourism promotion program called 'Golden Tourism Month' will be organized in Hue from September 2-30, announced by the Hue Monuments Conservation Center. The program aims to mark National Day on September 2; the 20th anniversary of recognition of the Hue Monuments by UNESCO; and 10 years since the Royal Court Music of Vietnam [...] The post Hue to kick off 'Golden Tourism Month' appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Chinese investment in Vietnam rises steeply Posted: 31 Aug 2013 07:00 PM PDT Total Chinese capital invested in Vietnam has increased 162 percent during the first four months of this year. Combined Chinese and Vietnamese efforts have ensured their economic cooperation is a highlight of both countries' trade and investment relations. China is now Vietnam's biggest economic partner after nine consecutive years of reliably rapid growth. Two-way trade [...] The post Chinese investment in Vietnam rises steeply appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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