VNE – By Phan Nghia December 3, 2019 | 01:43 pm GMT+7
Trees at a park in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran.
Ho Chi Minh City has green-lighted the construction of a 150-hectare park in District 12 in the northwest.
The multipurpose park, to be situated in Thanh Xuan and Thoi An wards, would increase the total area of parks in the city by a third from the current 491 hectares.
Vietnam food and beverage market size is poised to report strong growth rate over the forecast period due to increasing population, rising disposable incomes, coupled with changing trends and product innovations. On the other hand, intense government regulations, raw material price fluctuations can negatively impact the growth of the market.
The increasing number of restaurants, fast-food chains, and food delivery apps such as grub hub, caviar, and others enhance the availability to consumers, resulting in strong growth in the food and beverage industry. Besides, rising demand for organic, natural and fresh foods among consumers due to rising health awareness is the major factor expected to enhance the demand for the food and beverage market. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Food And Beverages Market Business Attractiveness and Forecast to 2026”→
Vietnam is one of the most open economies in the world and also one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. (Illustrative image)
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NDO – The Singapore-based Chinese-language newspaper, Lianhe Zaobao newspaper (United Morning Paper) run an article on November 26 on Vietnam’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attraction, affirming that Vietnam is one of the most open economies with thefastest economic growing pace in Asia. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam among fastest growing economies in Asia: Singaporean newspaper”→
Made-in-Vietnam phones make sense economically. The country dependent on factory work for the past 30 years is moving up the value chain into electronics. Smartphone developer Samsung Electronics has invested $17.3 billion in Vietnam-based factories, for example. Public schools emphasize science. University graduates who work for a foreign tech firm will know all the more about how to make a phone.
The Hanoitimes – US-based Gen X Energy is considering a US$6-billion liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Vietnam.
Vietnam encourages and support US enterprises to invest in the country’s energy sector, said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung in a meeting with Scott Kicker, CEO of US-based Gen X Energy, on November 15.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung (R) and Scott Kicker, CEO of US-based Gen X Energy (L). Source: VGP.
Dung highly regarded Gen X Energy’s interest in a US$6-billion liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Vietnam.
According to Dung, Vietnam considers the US a top partner, saying the bilateral comprehensive partnership has been growing strong on bilateral, regional and international fronts.
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A corner of the Tien Sa Port. Experts says Tien Sa Port should not be enlarged because a bypass system linking the port and the logistics centre would damage Da Nang City’s architecture planning. — VNS Photos
bizhub – Speeding up the construction of the new Lien Chieu Cargo Port would help promote Da Nang as a key international logistics centre, and allow the existing Tien Sa Port to be reserved for cruise ships only.
Part of Ring Road 2 in Ha Noi, which was built under a public private partnership. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hung
More than per 76 per cent of current investment projects following public private partnerships (PPP) are in the field of transport infrastructure, but investors still feel insecure.
Of the 289 PPP investment projects, there are 220 involved in transport infrastructure, said Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat attending a conference themed “Solutions to promote investment in the development of transport system structure under PPP” in the capital last week. Tiếp tục đọc “PPP regulations to be changed to serve development”→
LTS: Hơn 2 năm kể từ ngày xảy ra vụ việc mất an ninh trật tự tại địa bàn xã Đồng Tâm (huyện Mỹ Đức), trong khi hầu hết người dân địa phương hiểu rõ vấn đề, chăm lo, vun vén xây dựng quê hương, thì một số ít cá nhân vẫn cố tình làm phức tạp tình hình. Pháp luật phải được thực thi là yêu cầu cấp thiết hiện nay.
Bài đầu: Chỉ có đất quốc phòng, không có đất “đồng Sênh”!
Sự thật đã được các cơ quan chức năng của Trung ương và thành phố Hà Nội kiểm tra, rà soát, làm rõ là ở xã Đồng Tâm chỉ có đất quốc phòng, không tồn tại khu vực gọi là đất “đồng Sênh”. Thế nhưng, ông Lê Đình Kình và một số người ở xã Đồng Tâm vẫn cố tình dựa vào khu đất là sản phẩm tưởng tượng này để nối dài hành vi sai trái của mình. Tiếp tục đọc “Trở lại vụ việc tại xã Đồng Tâm (huyện Mỹ Đức): Pháp luật phải được thực thi”→
Không chỉ có Asanzo, hàng loạt vụ giả mạo xuất xứ mặt hàng từ gỗ, xe đạp, nhôm, giày dép… đã và đang bị các cơ quan chức năng xử lý, trong đó có những vụ lên tới hàng tỉ USD.
Hàng hóa xuất nhập khẩu qua cửa khẩu Thanh Thủy (tỉnh Hà Giang) Ảnh: Anh Vũ
VNE – By Hoang Hanh October 29, 2019 | 04:40 pm GMT+7
A 66-year-old widow collects very moderate toll fees for a one-km path she and her husband built on their own six years ago.
They call her Mrs. BOT, but as an endearment, not a derogatory epithet. The term, build-own-transfer, otherwise carries the connotation of many expensive toll fee stations along Vietnamese roads.
Mrs. BOT of the southernmost province of Ca Mau is a total different story.
Truong Thi Yen, 66, is at her home in Ca Mau Province, where she and her husband built a concrete road for locals for free. Photo by VnExpress/Hoang Hanh.
Những sợi lanh tuy nhỏ bé nhưng đã giúp cuộc sống của người phụ nữ dân tộc Mông làm việc tại Hợp tác xã (HTX) dịch vụ tổng hợp nông lâm nghiệp thôn Sà Phìn A (HTX Lanh Trắng) thay đổi từng ngày, từ đó hạn chế tình trạng bạo lực gia đình, buôn bán phụ nữ qua biên giới, bảo đảm an ninh, trật tự và quyền con người.
Các chị em là thành viên HTX đang tham gia sản xuất.
Tờ Đa Chiều của người Trung Quốc ở hải ngoại cho rằng sau năm 2020 khi các vệ tinh của Việt Nam hoạt động đầy đủ thì TQ sẽ phải đối diện với một Việt Nam hoàn toàn khác biệt trên biển.
VCN – After a 2-year delay, from January 1, 2020, quotas on sugar imports from ASEAN will officially be removed and have an import tax rate of 0% in accordance with the commitments of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA). However, Vietnam’s sugar industry is not really ready.
The Sugar Association recommends importing raw sugar to refine and applying import licenses to monitor the import volume in order to ensure supply and demand at certain times.
Women work at a garment factory in Hai Duong Province, outside Hanoi. Photo by Reuters/Kham.
A report on Vietnam’s 500 most profitable companies has found foreign enterprises have better profitability ratios than state and local private firms.
Their return on equity ratio averaged 26.4 percent compared to 24.2 percent for Vietnamese private companies and 17.6 percent for state-owned firms, according to the VNR Profit500, a listing of the 500 companies with the highest profits between July 2018 and June 2019 published Thursday. Tiếp tục đọc “Foreign companies continue to lead efficiency stakes in Vietnam”→
Vietnam is striving towards boosting the disbursement and use of ODA and concessional loans as both have become issues in recent times.
Official development assistance (ODA) and concessional loans to Vietnam are expected to fall and eventually come to an end within the next five years, resulting in a shortage of preferential long-term credit resources for investment. This requires the country develop a new approach to management and use, as ODA is considered one of the major resources for economic development, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told a Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) conference in mid-July. Tiếp tục đọc “Putting ODA to work”→
More than per 76 per cent of current investment projects following public private partnerships (PPP) are in the field of transport infrastructure, but investors still feel insecure.
CVD 