General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith successfully wrapped up his official friendly visit to Vietnam, which was made from December 19-21 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and President of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang.
After 10 years of membership in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Việt Nam’s export and import value has increased four times to reach over US$400 billion, or 170 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), according to the General Department of Customs (GDC).
There are many industrial investment opportunities in Vietnam via merger and acquisitions (M&As), Mr. Vu Ba Phu, Director General of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade), told the Industrial Investment Promotion Through M&A conference on December 19.
Mr. Tran Hieu Nghia, General Director of the Hoang Ha International Logistics JSC, talks about the company’s preparations for upcoming changes within global logistics.
Cambodia’s Lanmei Airlines has launched two direct flights to Vietnam: Phnom Penh-Hanoi and Siem Reap-Ho Chi Minh City, with a frequency offour flights a week, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, starting from today, December 20.
Despite the European Commission having given Vietnam’s seafood industry a ‘yellow card’ in October - a warning to countries involved in illegal fishing - Vietnamese seafood exporters believe they can have the decision revoked, and avoid a more serious ‘red card.’
To attract investment in the renewable energy sector, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has confirmed that a mechanism to allow businesses to buy power at competitive prices from renewable energy generators will be piloted in 2018.
Duong Viet Roan, director of the Thang Long Project Management Unit under the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) said that construction units proposed to break ground sooner than the terms of the contract in order to speed up the cutting and removal of trees on Pham Van Dong Road.
Việt Nam always creates favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from Egypt, in their investment activities in the nation, Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Đỗ Hoàng Long has said.
Despite important trade agreements and commercial commitments between Việt Nam and China, local enterprises are not reaping expected gains. Phạm Sỹ Thành, Director of the China Economic Research Programme at the Vietnam Centre for Economics and Policy Research, explainsed the situation.
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