• ENEREXPO Vietnam 2010 closes
  ENEREXPO Vietnam 2010 closes
  

  

  The first International Exhibition and Conference on Renewable and Decentralised Energy Solutions (ENEREXPO Vietnam 2010) closed in Hanoi on March 19.
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• Developing renewable energy in Vietnam
  Developing renewable energy in Vietnam
  

  

  Vietnam hopes to generate 5 percent of its electric power from renewable energy sources by 2020.
  19/03
• Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia strengthen triangle development
  Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia strengthen triangle development
  

  

  The fifth Conference of the Joint Coordination Committee for the Development Triangle of Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) took place in Banlung City, Ratnakiri province (Cambodia), from March 16-18, opening new prospects for trade promotion among these countries.
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• Tourism in China’s Hangzhou city promoted in Hanoi
  Tourism in China’s Hangzhou city promoted in Hanoi
  

  

  The potential for tourism in Hangzhou city, in China’s Zhejiang province, was featured at a meeting of travel agents in Hanoi on March 18.
  19/03
• Subway set to open in Vietnam
  Subway set to open in Vietnam
  

  US sandwich chain Subway plans to open its first Vietnamese store in HCM City in August, said Fred DeLuca, president and cofounder of the chain.
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• Efforts needed to reduce trade deficit
  Efforts needed to reduce trade deficit
  

  

  Over the past ten months, the trade deficit has been a shade under the permitted level of 20 percent while exports have shown a negative growth rate of 13.8 percent.
  04/11
• Pepper exports rise in volume and value
  Pepper exports rise in volume and value
  

  

  Vietnam exported 120,000 tonnes of pepper for US$300 million in the past ten months, gaining rises of 52 percent in volume and 8 percent in value over the same period last year.
  04/11
• Vietnamese firms look for partners in Australia
  Vietnamese firms look for partners in Australia
  

  Representatives of 30 companies from Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong and the state of New South Wales, Australia, met in Sydney on November 3 to seek partners and explore each other’s markets.
  04/11
• Coffee exports to reach no more than US$1.8 billion
  Coffee exports to reach no more than US$1.8 billion
  

  

  Vietnam may export a million tonnes of coffee in 2009 but the export revenue will not exceed US$1.8 billion due to a fall in prices, said Vietnamese Coffee Association (VCA) chairman Luong Van Tu.
  03/11
• Canada-potential market for Vietnamese tuna exports
  Canada-potential market for Vietnamese tuna exports
  

  

  Canada has become the most attractive high-potential market for Vietnam’s tuna exporters, says the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
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