The Vietnam International Fashion Fair (VIFF) 2017 officially opened at Hanoi's Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Labour Cultural Palace, 91 Tran Hung Dao, on December 21.
Vietnamese enterprises are showcasing their products, ranging from handicrafts to construction materials and power devices, at the 12th Cambodian Import-Export and One Province One Product Exhibition which opened in Phnom Penh on December 15.
The processing and manufacturing industry is always the most attractive foreign direct investment (FDI) segment, accounting for 45 per cent of total registered investment capital. However, Vietnamese enterprises are stuck on the lower rungs in the global supply chain.
VietChallenge 2018, a world-scale startup competition for Vietnamese entrepreneurs, announced the date of the regional rounds. Accordingly, the Hanoi round will be on December 19 and the Ho Chi Minh City round on December 22.
New strategies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) must strengthen linkages with domestic enterprises as a lacuna that cannot be ignored anymore, experts say.
VIETBUILD Home, the annual exhibition on housing, home decoration and household appliances, will be held in HCM City from December 14 to 18 when people shop for the New Year holidays.
Expo-Russia Vietnam 2017’s second edition is scheduled to take place at Melia Hanoi from December 13 to 15.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment, with the assistance of the World Bank, is currently drafting a new FDI strategy for 2018-2023 focusing on priority sectors and quality of investments, rather than quantity. The new draft aims to increase foreign investment in high-tech industries, rather than labor-intensive sectors. Manufacturing, services, agriculture, and travel are the four major sectors in focus in the draft.
Vietnamese exporters can now get all the information they require about the European market at www.viet-export-win.com, which was launched in HCM City on Wednesday by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with the EU-MUTRAP Project.
With the topic “Increasing Productivity - Leverage for Sustainable Development,” Vietnam Development Forum (VDF) 2017 will discuss analysis on the situation and find solutions to increasing productivity in Vietnam.
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