Questions hang over city’s growth, investment targets

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SaigonTimes English 1 week(s) ago

HCMC – A lot of questions have surfaced over the city’s target of double-digit growth as well as its unrealistic plan to attract investment between now and 2025, as outlined at the HCMC People’s Council’s ninth sitting on Monday.

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KyungBang inaugurates yarn facility in Binh Duong

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SaigonTimes English 1 week(s) ago

BINH DUONG - South Korean firm KyungBang has commissioned a US$40 million high-quality cotton yarn factory in Ben Cat District in the southern province of Binh Duong.

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Exporters urged to take advantage of Russia tariff cuts

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SaigonTimes English 1 week(s) ago

HCMC – Local companies should make full use of preferential tariffs offered by Russia under its WTO commitments to boost exports to this market, said an expert.

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Auto market continues to rise

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SaigonTimes English 1 week(s) ago

HCMC – Thanks to the Government’s registration fee reduction policy plus efforts of auto manufacturers in sales policies, the auto market has continuously grown since the Tet holiday, with a slight rise compared to previous months.

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Composer Alain Lefèvre comes to Saigon, Hanoi

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SaigonTimes English 2 week(s) ago

Composer Alain Lefevre comes to Saigon, Hanoi

The Embassy of Canada in Hanoi and the Consulate General of Canada in HCMC will host Canadian pianist and composer Alain Lefèvre on Monday at the HCMC Opera House and on Wednesday at the Hanoi Opera House.

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Tra fish price freefall breaks usual rule

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SaigonTimes English 2 week(s) ago

CAN THO – In the past, raw tra fish prices picked up and went down several times with each cycle lasting for just a few months, but such a rule has been broken as fish prices have kept falling for the past two years.

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Savoring tropical almond’s seed on Con Dao

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SaigonTimes English 2 week(s) ago

Savoring tropical almond’s seed on Con Dao

My visit to Con Dao brought me an unforgettable experience of discovering beautiful landscapes and especially savoring hat bang (tropical almond’s seed), the locality’s specialty for the first time in my life.

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Petrol prices expected to fall for fourth straight time

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SaigonTimes English 2 week(s) ago

HCMC – There is a high possibility that local retail petrol prices will fall for the fourth straight time as global prices have tumbled these days.

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New regulations set on foreign retail network expansion

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SaigonTimes English 2 week(s) ago

HCMC – Foreign retailers will have to do Economic Needs Test (ENT) on the basis of the population density of a district rather than a city or province when they want to open the second outlet onwards.

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Economic recovery hampered by exhausted firms

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SaigonTimes English 2 week(s) ago

HANOI – The rising number of exhausted businesses will hinder the economy from recovering its growth next year, said the National Financial Supervisory Committee.

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Mining industry needs increased transparency

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SaigonTimes English 2 week(s) ago

HANOI – Vietnam should implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to fight corruption in the mining industry, currently representing over 10% of the nation’s GDP.

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Postal firms boost e-commerce

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SaigonTimes English 3 week(s) ago

HANOI – Several postal companies have invested in e-commerce as they saw great opportunities from this activity while providing delivery and payment collection services for online sales sites.

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Ninh Thuan says will roll out red carpet to Japanese investors

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SaigonTimes English 1 month(s) ago

HANOI – The south-central coast province of Ninh Thuan promises to offer the best incentives to attract investment from Japanese companies, especially those in the clean energy industries, heard the seminar “Development cooperation of Ninh Thuan Province in the Vietnam-Japan relationship” in Hanoi on Thursday.

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U.S. offers US$53 mil. for Lower Mekong projects

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SaigonTimes English 1 month(s) ago

U.S. offers US$53 mil. for Lower Mekong projects

HCMC – The U.S. government grants US$53 million to the projects on environment and water, health, education, connectivity, agriculture-food security and energy security in five Lower Mekong countries including Vietnam.

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PVFCCo receives operational excellence certificate

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SaigonTimes English 4 day(s) ago

PVFCCo receives operational excellence certificate

HCMC – PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Corporation (PVFCCo) was granted with the Certificate of Operational Excellence by Denmark-based Haldor Topsoe A/S in a visit trip to this country last week.

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