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Many businesses who wish to display the national trademark want the government to make the criteria public, while others are not clear about the responsibilities and activities entailed under the program.
HA NOI — The retail price of petroleum was slashed by VND1,000 (US$0,06) per litre nationwide on Saturday, according to a joint decision by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The government is encouraging the private sector to invest in waste treatment and sewage systems in urban areas because these are problems that go beyond one sector or government agency, the construction minister said.
HA NOI — The Viet Nam Bank of Industry and Trade Bank (Vietinbank) will help finance the nation’s largest bauxite-aluminium project in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong, pursuant to an agreement signed last Saturday with the Viet Nam National Coal and Minerals Industries Group (Vinacomin).
The Ministry of Transport has permitted the Viet Nam Maritime Administration (Vinamarine) to invest VND3,148 billion (US$185 million) to build a 40-kilometre sea passage in Tra Vinh Province.
Vietnam is focusing on simplifying investment and administrative procedures to attract foreign investment, including Japanese enterprises’ investment, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung in Hanoi Monday.
Foreign-based Vietnamese ambassadors and consuls will return home to meet local business leaders to discuss international markets, an official from Ho Chi Minh City Foreign Affairs Department said yesterday.
Foreign direct investment in the agricultural sector is low and far below potential, Deputy Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan told delegates at a seminar held in Hanoi on December 16.
The Vietnamese government said Thursday (Feb 26) it has approved a plan to develop the northern coastal regions of the Gulf of Tonkin between now and 2020, with state media estimating the costs at $50 billion.
Inflation will not quicken in November thanks to a drop in the global prices of raw materials that Vietnam imports, an official has said.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) is going to submit a list of 10 steel projects to the Prime Minister by the end of December, which will be added to the steel industry development strategy. Meanwhile, associations have called for thorough consideration over steel projects.
Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Giau affirmed at a recent meeting with businesses in HCM City that non-performing real estate loans are not considerable.
