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.
Vietnam will face challenges in implementing policies and laws on environmental protection, especially in industries seeing strong growth, said Nick Thorpe from the People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) centre.
Hanoi Statistics Office reported that the industrial production index (IPI) of Hanoi in the first five months of this year increased by 6.1% over the month last month and 8.9% over the same period.
The signing ceremony to cooperate on developing 1,000MW of wind energy in Vietnam between the Ministry of Industry and Trade with the US`s General Electric was organised in Hanoi on May 23.
This has been considered as one of the Governement`s specific measures to support and develop enterprises operating in the field of high technology.
On May 17 afternoon, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Zarubezneft Petroleum Corporation, one of the leading Russian natural gas giants within his official tour to the Russian Federation.
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) are expected to offer more market opportunities for insurance companies in Vietnam, but will also present tough challenges in a more competitive international environment.
Vietnam’s garment-textile sector wants to revise a development plan to 2020 with vision for 2030, to match the progress of the country as they mainly specialise in straightforward production stages and study market demands.
Vietnam is forecast to grow 6.8 percent in 2016 and 6.9 percent in 2017, according to the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, released by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on April 28.
On April 13 evening, Vietnam and the European Union have agreed that the Timber Legality Assurance System of Vietnam (VNTLAS) will be applied for wood and wood products exported to the EU, and also to other countries and in the domestic market.
Through the implementation of various programmes on energy efficiency in the 2011-2015 period, Vietnam has saved 2.37 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, equivalent to almost 3.8 trillion VND each year.
On March 28, at a meeting in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh raised a number of measures to boost industrial production.
General Statistics Office (GSO) held a press conference in Hanoi on March 25 to announce the socio-economic development in the first quarter. Accordingly, gross domestic product (GDP) in January-March increased by 5.46%, slower than the 6.12% during the same period last year.
Along with 172 countries worldwide in response to the 2016 Earth Hour, Vietnam`s three big cities of Hanoi, HCM City, Da Nang and 60 provinces and cities implemented the symbolic action of turning off unnecessary electrical devices from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on March 19.
On March 16, VCCI Exhibition Organization has held a press conference to introduce the 2016 Mining Vietnam Expo, that will take place from March 29 - 31 at the International Exhibition Centre (ICE), Hanoi.
The United States (US) has levied higher anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese warm-water shrimp exports during the period of review from February 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015.
Honda Vietnam (HVN) will work harder to contribute more to Vietnam ’s vehicle industry, HVN General Director Minoru Kato said.
HSBC attributed the resilience of Vietnam’s manufacturing sector to the country’s rising attractiveness as a manufacturing hub, which helped reel in record FDI in 2015 and should boost exports in 2016.
Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade said that in the first two months of 2016, the municipal index of industrial production increased by 8.8% compared with that of the same period last year.
Vietnam’s steel imports rose 27.24% to US$9 billion last year, while exports dipped 14% to US$2.46, pushing the import surplus to US$6.54 billion, the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) has officially announced.
Vietnam and the US have made great strides in their strategic partnership over recent years and there have been many positive developments that lead to the broader promise of deeper cooperation in trade and investment for years to come.
