• Vietnamese handicrafts showcased at Algerian exhibition
  Vietnamese handicrafts showcased at Algerian exhibition
  

  Traditional Vietnamese handicrafts are being showcased at the 15th International Fine Arts and Handicrafts Exhibition, which opened in Algiers, Algeria, on March 18.
  20/03
• Forum to promote economic development in central region
  Forum to promote economic development in central region
  

  Prospects for economic development in the key central economic region was discussed at a forum jointly held by the Quang Ngai provincial People’s Committees and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on March 20.
  20/03
• First cashew trading floor opens in Binh Phuoc
  First cashew trading floor opens in Binh Phuoc
  

  

  The first electronic cashew trading floor, sponsored by Saccombank, opened on March 20 in Dong Xoai town, Binh Phuoc province in the hope of making Vietnam become one of the world’s leading cashew exporters in 2010 with a turnover of US$1 billion.
  20/03
• Int’l border checkpoint inaugurated in Binh Phuoc
  Int’l border checkpoint inaugurated in Binh Phuoc
  

  The southern province of Binh Phuoc on March 20 announced the Prime Minister-approved master plan to develop the Hoa Lu border economic zone through 2025 and inaugurated the Hoa Lu international border checkpoint.
  20/03
• Qatar to invest in rice production in Vietnam
  Qatar to invest in rice production in Vietnam
  

  Qatar plans to invest US$1 billion in a project to grow high quality rice on 25,000ha in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.
  20/03

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• Vietnamese, RoK ports to strengthen ties
  Vietnamese, RoK ports to strengthen ties
  

  The Mayor of Busan, the largest seaport in the Republic of Korea (RoK), has underlined his support for setting up better communications between Saigon Port and Busan Port.
  10/06
• Central region attracts two more tourism projects
  Central region attracts two more tourism projects
  

  The Saigon Investment Group (SGI) and US-based Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide signed an agreement on June 9 putting into action two tourism projects with a combined investment capital of US$140 million in central Danang city and the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.
  10/06
• Credit contract signed for petrol storage facility
  Credit contract signed for petrol storage facility
  

  Vietnam’s four major banks have agreed to provide credits worth US$77.5 million with a grace period of two years for the nation’s first bonded warehouse for petrol.
  10/06
• 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