• Mid-year CG meeting due to open in June
  Mid-year CG meeting due to open in June
  

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed with the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s proposal to organise a mid-year consultative group for Vietnam in Rach Gia city, Kien Giang province, on June 10-11.
  16/03
• WB helps Lam Dong raise competitiveness of small-sized production
  WB helps Lam Dong raise competitiveness of small-sized production
  

  The Central Highland province of Lam Dong will launch a project to develop 15-20 joint establishments in agricultural production between farmers and enterprises and will provide 5,000 farmers with training on new cultivation methods in the 2010-2015 period.
  16/03
• German companies pleased with business in Vietnam
  German companies pleased with business in Vietnam
  

  Most of the German companies in Vietnam are satisfied with their business as well as the favourable investment environment and opportunities in the country.
  16/03
• Vietnam to import another 50,000 tonnes of sugar
  Vietnam to import another 50,000 tonnes of sugar
  

  The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has allowed businesses to import a further 50,000 tonnes of sugar in the quota of 2010.
  16/03
• City Chamber to host Irish executives
  City Chamber to host Irish executives
  

  Executives from 10 Irish technology and software companies will visit Vietnam next month to look for business opportunities, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s HCM City office.
  16/03

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• The world’s most modern coffee processing plant under construction in Dak Lak
  The world’s most modern coffee processing plant under construction in Dak Lak
  

  

  The Trung Nguyen Coffee Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for the world’s most modern coffee processing plant in the central highland province of Dak Lak on June 9.
  09/06
• Air-conditioner sales heat up with the weather
  Air-conditioner sales heat up with the weather
  

  

  As hot weather has ‘scorched’ Hanoi and many cities and provinces across the country, Hanoians have been driven into a buying frenzy, seeking ways to cool down.
  09/06
• Pho 24 to open 15 stores in Hong Kong and Macau
  Pho 24 to open 15 stores in Hong Kong and Macau
  

  

  Pho 24 will open an additional 15 stores in Hong Kong and Macau (China) under a contract to transfer trade rights with its partner Rich Base in the next ten years.
  09/06
• High quality steel factory to be built in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
  High quality steel factory to be built in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
  

  Japanese and Taiwanese investors have been granted an investment license to build a China Steel Sumiki Vietnam factory in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on May 9 by the Project Management Board of Economic Zones in the province.
  09/06
• VND175 trillion allocated for urban upgrade
  VND175 trillion allocated for urban upgrade
  

  Around VND175.000 billion will be allocated for the national urban upgrade programme from 2009 to 2020 following a decision by the Prime Minister.
  09/06