The Business Times: HCM City weighs logistics industry master plan

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• HCM City weighs logistics industry master plan
• Hanoi’s industrial production up 7 percent in 7 months
• Foreign trade value exceeds 177 billion USD
• Mutual funds put up good show in first half
• Foreign-invested firms take control over footwear export
• ODA capital continues to be directed into infrastructure development
• Vietnam M&A forum to be held in Ho Chi Minh City
• State-owned construction companies equitised at slow pace
• Vietnam increasingly attractive to French investors
• Vietnam’s first energy-efficient glass factory opens

HCM City weighs logistics industry master plan Posted: 25 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT Goods are loaded at Cat Lai Port in HCM City. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA)– Authorities and experts in HCM City are considering a master plan to comprehensively develop the logistics industry that fully utilises the city's advantages and meet both urgent and long-term requirements in the context of the country's global integration. The plan The post HCM City weighs logistics industry master plan appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Hanoi’s industrial production up 7 percent in 7 months Posted: 25 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT A workshop at Hanoi Battery Joint Stock Company (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA)– Hanoi's index of industrial production (IIP) in the first seven months of this year grew robustly, surging by 7 percent year-on-year. From January to July, the processing and manufacturing industry posted a yearly rise of 7.3 percent while electricity production and distribution grew The post Hanoi's industrial production up 7 percent in 7 months appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Foreign trade value exceeds 177 billion USD Posted: 25 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA)– Total foreign trade value as of July 15 was over 177 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 2.8 percent, according to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs. Key export products with good growth include clinker and cement (up 36.5 percent, equivalent to 6 million USD), vegetables and The post Foreign trade value exceeds 177 billion USD appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Mutual funds put up good show in first half Posted: 25 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT Illustrative photo (Source: internet) Hanoi (VNA)– In the first half of the year, many open-ended mutual funds have reported solid results, with their growth rates averaging 1.65-12 percent. The highest growth in net asset value (NAV), estimated at 12 percent, was reported by balanced funds like VCBF Tactical Balanced Fund and VCBF Blue Chip Fund The post Mutual funds put up good show in first half appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Foreign-invested firms take control over footwear export Posted: 25 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT Illustrative image (Source: Internet) Hanoi (VNA)– Foreign-invested leather and footwear enterprises are prevailing over local firms in export turnover, accounting for up to 80 percent of the combined sector's total export value. As of June this year, foreign-invested businesses made up 81.3 percent of the exports in the sector, while local firms held only 18.7 The post Foreign-invested firms take control over footwear export appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

ODA capital continues to be directed into infrastructure development Posted: 25 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT ODA capital will be used for infrastructure development (Source: VNA) The post ODA capital continues to be directed into infrastructure development appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam M&A forum to be held in Ho Chi Minh City Posted: 25 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT At the conference (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA)– The Vietnam Merger & Acquisition (M&A) Forum 2016, the eighth of its kind, will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18, as heard a conference in Hanoi on July 25. The forum themed "M&A in open economic space", co-organised by the Investment paper and AVM Vietnam The post Vietnam M&A forum to be held in Ho Chi Minh City appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

State-owned construction companies equitised at slow pace Posted: 25 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT The MoC says the evaluation and building of equitisation plans for three major SOEs cannot be finished until Q3 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA)– The Ministry of Construction (MoC) is grappling with equitising its State-owned enterprises (SOEs) as the equitisation plan for 2015 has had its implementation deadline extended to Q2, and now Q3 of this The post State-owned construction companies equitised at slow pace appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam increasingly attractive to French investors Posted: 25 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT A peugeot car in a showroom in Hanoi. Peugeot, French car maker, is one of many French companies expanding its operation in Vietnam. (Source: lepoint.fr) Hanoi (VNA)– Vietnam's stable economic growth rate and improved business and investment environment over a long period has enticed French big corporations to invest or expand their projects in Vietnam. The post Vietnam increasingly attractive to French investors appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam’s first energy-efficient glass factory opens Posted: 25 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT Energy efficient glass is displayed in a fair byViglacera, who officially opens a factory producing the first made-in-Vietnam energy efficient glass in Binh Duong province. (Source: viglacera.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA)– The Vietnam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation (Viglacera) officially opened a factory producing the first made-in-Vietnam energy efficient glass in the southern province of Binh The post Vietnam's first energy-efficient glass factory opens appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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