Farmers pay off debts, and build houses by growing clean vegetables
Many farmers know how to link production, towards high quality and safe products, serving market needs, so that people’s income has been improved. In the [...]
The old farmer collects billions of money every year with the off-season specialty of yellow potatoes
For many years, old farmer Nguyen Trinh has planted and cared for Le Can sweet potato varieties, producing many famous products; billions of dollars in annual [...]
Mullet fishing with plastic bottles
DA NANG – Fishermen only need to mix a little flour into a plastic bottle, attach a piece of lead inside and tie a fishing line [...]
Hanoi seeks to remove hurdles to land use right auctions
HCMC – Hanoi City has proposed measures to eliminate hindrances to land auctions this year, as its revenue from land auctions last year met a mere 50% of the target. According to the Portal of the Hanoi People’s Committee, the city planned to collect VND12,450 billion from land use right auctions
Transport Ministry gets extra VND31 trillion for public investment
HCMC – The Government has allocated an extra VND31.4 trillion to the Ministry of Transport to fund key traffic infrastructure projects in the country. The allocation of additional capital, approved by Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai yesterday, February 7, will be set for the ministry’s five
Saigon Times to organize CEO Forum on pharmaceutical industry
HCMC – The Saigon Times Group, in collaboration with the Vietnam Pharmaceutical Companies Association (VNPCA), NS BlueScope Vietnam Company’s Colorbond® and GMPC Vietnam Company, will hold a forum titled “Enhancing the competitiveness of pharmaceutical manufacturing” at the Rex Hotel in HCMC on
Time for customs clearance to be cut by 10% from this year
HCMC – The General Department of Vietnam Customs has set administrative reform targets to simplify customs procedures, including reducing the time for customs clearance and goods release by 10%, reducing the number of batches required for sampling for analysis and assessment by 20%, and applying
NAF to acquire 99.9% stake in Nghe An Food
HCMC – Nafoods Group JSC, which trades its NAF shares on the Hochiminh Stock Exchange, has approved a plan to spend VND309 billion buying all assets from Nghe An Food Products JSC (Naprod) to secure a 99.9% stake in the latter. NAF, a major shareholder of Nghe An Food, is holding a 5% stake in […]
Retail sales of goods and services seen growing 8-9%
HCMC – Vietnam’s trade sector is set to achieve 8-9% growth in retail sales of consumer goods and services this year. At the 2023 conference on domestic production and consumption promotion and export market expansion yesterday, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said the supply of
Bringing Vietnam-Japan ties to a higher level
When it comes to Japan, many people might think of a world-leading creator of advanced high-tech equipment. However, the country of the rising sun is famous for agricultural, fishery, and food products which are being promoted to export to many countries, including Vietnam. In an interview with
HCMC proposes building parking lots at vacant locations
HCMC – The government of HCMC has sent a draft resolution to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, seeking approval to build parking lots at vacant locations to meet the high parking demand. The multi-storey parking structures can be operated for less than 10 years and installed at the sites of
Vietnam’s rice prices soar to two-year highs
HCMC – Export prices of Vietnamese rice have surged to two-year highs, offering a bright prospect for the country’s rice export sector this year. The export price of 5% broken rice on February 5 was US$473 per ton, up US$15 per ton month-on-month, while the country’s 25% broken rice increased to