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Plastics industry confident of achieving 3.2 billion USD export target The local plastic industry, with solid growth in shipments, will surely meet its yearly export target of 3.2 billion USD, according to the Vietnam Plastics Association. According to Ho Duc Lam, its chairman, said exports saw impressive growth last year to 3 billion USD while overall revenues jumped to 12 billion USD. “Exports in the first nine months of the year increased by 5 percent and will continue to enjoy good growth in the rest months of the year. “The US-China trade war has offered opportunities to Vietnamese plastics firms to boost exports.” According to the association, exports go to more than 150 countries and territories, with the US and Japan being key markets. In the domestic market, some industries, even those such as aerospace which use high-grade materials, are shifting to plastic products, and as a result sales have grown rapidly, Lam said. Locally-made plastic products are … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 16

Billion-dollar smart city will express the spirit and vision of a new Hanoi Vietnamese developer BRG Group and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation have officially announced their US$4.2 billion smart city project on the outskirts of Hanoi. Through a 50/50 joint venture, a whopping 270 hectares of land located some 20 minutes from the city will begin development early next year and is expected to be complete by 2028. The smart city will be state of the art in that it will employ Industry 4.0 technology such as the Internet of Things to ensure energy is conserved. It will also feature surveillance cameras that come with the capabilities to recognise faces together with AI. Reality a long-term vision Marking the first milestone of the North Hanoi Smart City Project just before the 65th anniversary of Hanoi’s Liberation on October 10, Nguyen Thi Nga, chairwoman of BRG Group said, “We build a smart city not for our generation, but for many Vietnamese generations of the future. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 16

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien The price of pork is expected to increase in the last months of 2019 and before Tet (Lunar New Year) in 2020 because African swine fever has caused the supply of pork to drop. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien talks to local media about this issue. How is the domestic pork price forecast to increase? In the domestic market, there are forecasts that pig prices will increase to high levels. However, over the past month, the price was still around VND48,000-50,000 per kilo of live hog. This shows that supply still meets demand. There is no reason to forecast a lack of meat for the Tet festival in 2020. About 93 per cent of pigs were unaffected by African swine fever. The price of pork in the Chinese market is rising – up to VND100,000 per kilo of live hog in some localities – due to a shortage of pork. The crisis of supply means some provinces and cities have opened frozen … [Read more...] about Pork supply to meet market demand by Tet festival

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến The price of pork is expected to increase in the last months of 2019 and before Tết (Lunar New Year) in 2020 because African swine fever has caused the supply of pork to drop. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến talks to local media about this issue. How is the domestic pork price forecast to increase? In the domestic market, there are forecasts that pig prices will increase to high levels. However, over the past month, the price was still around VNĐ48,000-50,000 per kilo of live hog. This shows that supply still meets demand. There is no reason to forecast a lack of meat for the Tết festival in 2020. About 93 per cent of pigs were unaffected by African swine fever. The price of pork in the Chinese market is rising – up to VNĐ100,000 per kilo of live hog in some localities – due to a shortage of pork. … [Read more...] about Pork supply to meet market demand by Tết festival

Decree No. 32/2019/ND-CP dated April 10, 2019, on assigning tasks, ordering or bidding to supply public products and services using the State budget from the source of regular expenditures will take effect since June 1, 2019. Decree No. 33/2019/ND-CP prescribing management, utilization and operation of road infrastructure property will come into operation since June 17, 2019. Decree No. 34/2019/ND-CP amends and supplements some regulations on cadres and civil servants of commune-level administrations and other state-employed part-timers at communes and wards. Decree No. 35/2019/ND-CP defining administrative penalties for violations arising in the forestry sector will take effect since June 10, 2019. Accordingly, the maximum administrative penalties for violations in forestry sector is VND500 million. Decree No. 36/2019/ND-CP detailing, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Sport and Physical Training Law will come into operation since June 14, 2019. Decision No. … [Read more...] about Policies take effect in June