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Cam Pha port handles over 33,000 tonnes of coal on first New Year day
Cam Pha port and logistics company, an affiliate of the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), in the northern province of Quang Ninh loaded 33,000 tonnes of coal for two ships on 8 February, the first day of the Year of the Monkey. Keep ...
More talks between employers and employees needed
Thirty per cent of Vietnamese companies hold discussion sessions each month to air employees’ grievances, a survey by the Labour and Salary Department has found. The remainder of the 120 companies surveyed held discussions once a quarter or annually. Keep reading ...
Vietnam border campaigner Sam An vows to return in April
Outspoken Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker Um Sam An on 8 February vowed to return to Cambodia in April despite fearing arrest over his prominent role in the CNRP’s campaign to highlight Vietnamese territorial encroachment, which raised the government’s ire last year. Keep reading ...
Tra fish exports to UK increase sharply
Tra fish exports to the UK hit US$46 million last year, an increase of 13.9 percent against 2014, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Keep reading ...
Da Nang targets 12 percent rise in industrial production value
The central city of Da Nang has set targets of raising its industrial production value by 11-12 percent and the city’s industrial production index by 10.8 percent in 2016. The city’s total retail sales and services are also projected to increase by 16-17 percent, and export ...
Mekong Delta set to earn over 14 bln USD from exports
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region targets to earn US$14.34 billion from export in 2016, a year-on-year increase of $1.14 billion. According to the Northwest Steering Committee, during January of this year, the Mekong Delta provinces shipped abroad 1.09 billion USD worth of commodities; mostly seafood, rice, processed foods, ...
Petrol-smuggling fight requires co-operation
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on ministries and agencies to co-operate better with the coast guard and border guard in fighting petrol smuggling. Phuc, who is also head of the National Steering Committee on the Prevention and Control of Smuggling, Trade Fraud and ...
Vietnamese PM issues decree on nutrients newly required in food
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a decree to introduce iodine, iron, zinc and vitamin A as compulsory elements that need to be contained in Vietnamese food. Decree 09/2016/ND-CP on food fortification released last week and to take effect from 15 March this year ...
Vietnam retailer Tiki to raise $18 million: report
Tiki, a Vietnamese e-commerce startup, has been in talks with Internet content giant VNG Corporation to secure US$18 million in funding, information technology news website ICTnews reported on 2 February, citing industry insiders. Keep reading ...
Vietnam gas prices hit new low in third cut this year
Fuel retailers in Vietnam cut prices by around 5 percent on 3 February, creating a new record low in five years, local media reported. Petrolimex, Vietnam’s leading fuel importer and distributor, has lowered the price of 92-RON, the most popular grade of gasoline in the country, ...
