Hanoi and South Korea's Incheon aim to increase their visibility among Vietnamese and international travelers through a series of events to promote MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) tourism and medical tourism to Vietnam.
According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam`s economy remained stable despite impacts of plunging oil prices in the world market and complicated global financial market developments after China’s devaluation of its yuan.
A ceremony to launch the project to supply power to Lai Son island commune, the country’s largest sea crossing 110kV line was held on September 4 in Kien Hai district, the southern province of Kien Giang.
Hanoi’s economic structure saw positive changes with the proportion of service and industry-construction sectors increased, while that of agriculture sector declined.
Improving business environment is vital to increase competitiveness for enterprises, especially in the light of international integration, heard a workshop in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 25.
According to the Hanoi Statistics Department, its index of industrial production in the first eight months of 2015 rose 7.4% compared to the same period last year.
Vietnam is willing to pour up to 300 million USD into an oil and gas exploitation project in the Caspian Sea of the Republic of Dagestan within the Russian Federation, said Dagestan’s Government Office on August 18.
The Prime Minister has decided to establish a Steering Committee for Vietnam’s industrialisation strategy as part of a cooperation agreement with Japan by 2020, with a vision to 2030.
Building steel output in July reached 613,000 tonnes, posting 51.5 percent increase over the same period last year and marking the record high in the past 10 years, said the Vietnam Steel Association.
State-owned economic groups are pushing ahead with the restructuring of their member companies, while surpassing the target of business plans for the first half of the year, it was reported at a conference in Hanoi on August 14 on the groups’ patriotic emulation movement.
Consulting firm Grant Thornton (Vietnam) has released a report on private equity that shows an encouraging improvement in respondents` belief in higher investment activities in the next 12 months.
The second national congress of the Vietnam Diary Association for the 2015-2020 term was hell in HCM City on August 6.
According to the General Statistics Office, the industrial production index in July grew by 11.3% over the same period last year.
The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and Murphy Oil Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Washington D.C to boost cooperation in oil and gas projects.
A ceremony has highlighted the tourism sector’s remarkable contributions to national development since the industry was established in Vietnam 55 years ago (July 9, 1960).
346 international companies from 20 nations and territories participated the 2015 Vietnam Metrology, Tools & Automation (MTA) Show, the largest on manufacturing solutions in the country, held in HCM City from July 7-10.
According to Vu Hong Khanh, Permanet Deputy Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee, in the first 6 months of the year, the municipal economic growth reached the highest rate in the past four years.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade announced the upcoming debut of a campaign to promote Vietnamese products nationwide on July 3.
To fulfil industrial production targets in the last six months of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will increase the application of science-technology, Minister Vu Huy Hoang said at a video-conference held on July 1.
Vietnam Fatherland Front President Nguyen Thien Nhan overviewed his country’s economic development potential to an audience of German politicians, businesspersons and bankers on June 29 as part of his working visit to the European nation.
According to the organisers announced on June 11, three exhibitions related to the support industry, will be organised at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City from October 8-10.
