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Air pollution in HCMC is at an alarming level as most air quality measurements recently taken at nine monitoring stations around the city show levels of dust, nitrogen dioxide, benzene and other substances exceed the acceptable standards by several times.
Fifty-nine percent of more than 200 investors and investment consultants in Vietnam have a positive outlook on the country’s economy in the next 12 months, said the consultancy firm, Grant Thornton Vietnam, on Nov. 17.
On the theme “Energy and sustainable development”, the eighth meeting of the Vietnam-France Economic and Financial Forum is being held in Quang Ninh province on November 17-18.
Jetstar Pacific has been accused of ignoring safety regulations. Indochina Airlines, deep in debt, faces loss of its license. This past week, says Nguoi Lao Dong, passengers were flocking back to Vietnam Airlines.
Phu Quoc fish sauce trademark, which is very famous in Vietnam and many countries in the world, is being undercut by imitators, despite being a protected geographic indication and appellation of origin since 2001.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung witnessed the signing of 18 agreements with a total value of USD9.5 billion at a forum of business leaders from the two countries on Friday (14 Nov 2009).
The Vietnam Challenge Fund to lend to business start-ups that will directly benefit the poor was launched in Hanoi November 10 with a corpus of USD3 million.
Civil and military aviation officials are lukewarm about a plan for aircraft to fly in a straight line between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City over neighboring countries.
Weak infrastructure will continue to be one of the biggest bottlenecks for Vietnam’s economic growth and investment attraction in 2010.
The US-based premier service firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) predicts that Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will rank first and second in the list of the world’s 30 cities with the highest growth rates from 2008 to 2025.
Five big Russian corporations that are maintaining business in Vietnam said at a meeting with State President Nguyen Minh Triet here on Monday (09 Nov)that they would expand their business in the country.
