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Vietnam to resume importing Australian oranges, tangerines and grapes from August
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said resumed permission for importing three Australian fruits including oranges, tangerines and grapes is expected to be given on 1 August. Keep reading ...
Vietnam-Thailand cooperation thriving across the board: PMs
Cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand has been comprehensively flourishing, demonstrating the growing efficiency and importance of their strategic partnership, said leaders of the two countries. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha said at their retreat talks and the joint Cabinet ...
Cambodian Gov’t promises border action
A Cambodian government delegation yesterday told Tbong Khmum provincial and local officials it would resolve a border dispute with Vietnam in Memot district “very soon”, as villagers blocked from their farms in the contested area by Vietnamese authorities say they fear looming food shortages. The comments ...
World Bank ups Vietnam GDP forecast
Vietnam’s economic growth could reach 6-6.2 percent this year underpinned by further recovery in domestic demand, in turn reflecting robust private consumption and investment growth, according to a World Bank report. The medium-term outlook for Vietnam is positive on balance in the context that growth in developing ...
Vietnam's economy a global bright spot in 2015
Vietnam’s economic growth has continued to firm up in 2015 with gross domestic product forecast to expand 6.3 per cent in the first half of this year, according to the World Bank’s latest Taking Stock report. The bank’s semi-annual review of Vietnam’s economic performance said the ...
Vietnam to build $2.5 billion seaport at center of new regional route
Vietnam is set to build a US$2.5 billion seaport in Ca Mau, its southernmost province, hoping to steal some spotlight away from the more popular regional hubs Singapore and Malaysia, local media reported. Under a proposal recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, 85 percent of ...
Vietnam finally brings out the axe to deal with delayed FDI projects
Many did not expect the central province of Khanh Hoa to axe a giant property project early this month, only less than a year after its Indian developer received the investment license. The province refused to give Dewan International Vietnam more time to find money, canceling the ...
Vietnam's mobile game market tops SE Asia, poised to grow
With its revenues estimated at US$83 million last year, Vietnam’s mobile game market is leading Southeast Asia and is likely to grow further, news website VnEconomy has reported. The market accounts for 37 percent of total mobile game revenues in the whole region, according to the ...
Work begins on Vietnam’s highest bridge in Ho Chi Minh City
Ground has been broken for the cable-stayed Phuoc Khanh Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City, the bridge with the highest vertical clearance in Vietnam. The bridge connecting Can Gio District with Dong Nai’s Nhon Trach District will be part of an expressway connecting Long An and ...
Vietnam to seek additional loan for Chinese-built Hanoi elevated railway
The government has decided to seek an additional loan from the Chinese government for a Chinese-built elevated railway project in Hanoi that is becoming infamous for slow progress and ballooning costs. Keep reading ...
