Conversations on Vietnam Development
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Agriculture and Rural development
• Chapter 10 – How Agricultural Research for Development Can Make a Change: Assessing Livelihood Impacts in the Northwest Highlands of Vietnam. Tiếp tục đọc “World Bank – New research on development issues in Vietnam – Volume 9, number 23 (2017 December 6)”
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“If you have more than three priorities, you don’t have any.”
Jim Collins, author of the best-selling management books “Good to Great” and “Built to Last.” Tiếp tục đọc “How to Build a Successful Team”
Vietnam’s GDP growth rates
Head of the Vietnam Economics Institute Tran Dinh Thien, citing statistics about GDP growth rates in the last many years, said the ‘strange thing’ of Vietnam economy is ‘the growth rate is low in the first quarters, high in the last quarters, and the yearly plans are fulfilled’. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s economic growth patterns questioned by experts”
Vietnam’s e-commerce growth rate forecast to double by 2020
As in previous years, Lazada Vietnam was the first online shopping website to start the year-end shopping season. It offered sharp price discount rates for 15,000 products in a sale promotion campaign on November 9-11. All the orders with weight of less than 6 kilograms were delivered free of charge on those days. Tiếp tục đọc “E-commerce: narrow door for Vietnamese businesses”
Jardine Matheson Group, emerging player
Having been present in Vietnam for many years in real estate and restaurant chain projects, Jardine Matheson Group’s JC&C, one of its subsidiaries, spent $1.15 billion to acquire a 10 percent stake in Vinamilk. Tiếp tục đọc “Foreign giants spend billions to acquire Vietnam’s conglomerates”
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed to remove 21 conditional business sectors, including rice export, logistics and debt trading service.
Logistics is currently listed in the conditional business sectors. — Photo enternews.vn
According to the ministry, the sectors should be removed from the list of conditional business lines as they do not meet the requirements of Clause 1, Article 7 of the Law on Investment, which means they do not affect national defence and security, social order, social morality and health of the community. Tiếp tục đọc “Ministry of Planning & Investment proposes removing 21 conditional business sectors”
Hanoi plans to construct a super satellite city by 2030, with a total area of over 17,270ha located in two districts of Thach That and Quoc Oai and Son Tay Town.
The super satellite city on paper.— Photo tienphong.vn
The Hoa Lac super satellite city will be some 30km from Hanoi’s centre.
The plan is part of the master plan of Hoa Lac Urban Area, compiled by the municipal People’s Committee and recently submitted to the municipal People’s Council for approval. Tiếp tục đọc “Super satellite city planned in Hanoi”
Ho Chi Minh City is facing numerous difficulties as the population is rising sharply.
Congestion in HCM City
The population has grown from three million after 1975 to 8.4 million. Another three million people from other provinces are studying and working in HCM City. As of now, the city has 7.6 million motorbikes, 700,000 cars and about one million other vehicles from other provinces. About 1,000 new motorbikes are registered each month. Tiếp tục đọc “HCM City faces population pressure”
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently signed a decision recognising the resort town of Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai as a national tourism site.
Foreigners prefer homestay tourism in Sa Pa
Tiếp tục đọc “Sa Pa resort town recognised as national tourism site”
Windmill cake shop in Da Lat and Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in HCM City, to name a few, are popular check-in places for young travellers in 2017.
 The walking street around Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake opened for tourists in September 2016. This popular destination for Hanoians at weekend is busy with diverse activities like folk games, and street art and modern dance performances. Tiếp tục đọc “Top 5 best youth destinations in 2017” |
Thực dưỡng: Kiều Mạch Buckwheat có gì hay? >>
Tourists often flock to Ha Giang from October to December in order to see the fields of buckwheat flowers that has become the province’s signature.
The locals plant the flowers everywhere, from the slopes of the mountains to the deep valley, under the winding mountain passes. Tiếp tục đọc “Buckwheat flowers bloom in Ha Giang”
There are 12 operating thermal power plants
Ngo Duc Lam, an energy expert from VSEA (Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance), has applauded the government’s resolution on developing the Mekong Delta in a sustainable way by restricting coal-fired thermal power.
No more coal-fired power plants will be designed for the Delta, except the 14 plants mentioned in the seventh plan on electricity generation development. Tiếp tục đọc “Will a carbon tax be imposed on coal-fired thermal power plants?”
Thac Ba Lake in the northern province of Yen Bai– one of Vietnam’s largest artificial lakes is attracting a lot of visitors during the floating season.
Located in the northwestern region of Vietnam, Thac Ba Lake in Yen Bai province is considered a ‘Ha Long Bay in the mountains’ with more than 1,300 islands. Tiếp tục đọc “Floating season at Thac Ba Lake” |
The central coastal city of Quy Nhon has been named among the top 10 winter sun destinations for 2018, according to the UK newspaper The Guardian.
Quy Nhon offers a laidback atmosphere and the perfect place for a relaxed getaway
The quiet beach town offers a laidback atmosphere and the perfect place for a relaxed getaway. A warm, sunny day by the beach may sound like a totally absurd winter wish, but look no further than Vietnam, according to The Guardian. Tiếp tục đọc “Quy Nhon named among top 10 winter sun destinations for 2018”
Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh (L) presents a letter approving Van Phong 1 thermal power project to Kuniharu Nakamura, chairman of Sumitomo Corporation, in this file photo dated May, 2017
Before receiving the investment certificate, Sumitomo signed an investment agreement with the Ministry of Industry and Trade in May 2017. Work will start next year on the 1,320 MW station. Tiếp tục đọc “Japanese firm gets nod to build US$2.58-billion thermal power plant”
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