Archive for August 7th, 2008
A delegation of the southern province of Binh Thuan is looking for potential trade and investment partners in the western region of the US.On August 6, the delegation headed by Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Thu met with entrepreneurs from San Francisco to introduce Binh Thuan’s potential and local encouragement [...]
The Vietnam-based Japanese Businesspeople Association (JBA) has called on Vietnam to develop supporting industries in order to keep investors in the country in the long term.The JBA made the call at its recent meeting with officials from the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry that aimed to seek ways to prevent Japanese investors from [...]
– The Norwegian Government and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) will finance 5.2 million USD for the first phase of a project on technical assistance for business registration reform in Vietnam. An agreement to this effect was signed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), the Norwegian Embassy and the [...]
More than 200 local and foreign businesses are expected to participate in an international construction, building materials and interior decoration exhibition (Viconstruct 2008) in Hanoi from August 11-15.Viconstruct 2008 will feature a wide range of products including everything from construction technologies and equipment to roofing and interior decorations, as well as glasses, pottery, furniture [...]
– Guest workers have made a big source of cash, however, they have also suffered adverse impacts on themselves and their families as well.This was one of the outcomes of a study on the impacts of labour exports on family life in the Red river delta province of Thai Binh that was introduced at [...]
– Outstanding credit officials and micro entrepreneurs nationwide will receive the “Citi Micro-Entrepreneurs” award which was funded by the US’s Citibank in Vietnam . At a press conference in Hanoi on August 6, Citibank Vietnam General Director Brett Krause said the award aims to assist Vietnamese micro-entrepreneurs in doing business and encourage them to [...]
– Government agencies, the SIDA of Sweden and the Vietnam Blind Association (VBA) are working to seek ways to help blind people gain access to information technology to improve their living conditions.At a symposium in Hanoi on August 6, vice president of the Vietnam Blind Association, Nguyen Xuan Huong, said his association has annually [...]
Ho Chi Minh City expects to meet its target of bringing the rate of poverty among its households to 0.6 percent by the year end, two years ahead of the schedule as set in the municipal 8th Party Committee meeting’s Resolution. The city’s 16-year-old hunger eradication programme has helped hundreds of thousands of poor [...]
The 8 th Thai products’ exposition kicked off in Hanoi on August 7, attracting the participation of 102 leading businesses from Thailand . The Minister Counsellor at the Thai embassy in Hanoi , Tawatchai Koopirom, said the annual event in Vietnam aims to not only promote trade between the two countries’ businesses but also [...]
Ho Chi Minh City has announced plans to clear up 53 rumbustious streets, including 15 streets in District 1 and 38 streets in several outlying districts.Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, deputy chairwoman of the HCM City People’s Committee, said crack downs on streets in District 1 are already in place.The bans on street vendors and [...]