Category: Economy
Rice cultivation must ensure domestic supply in spite of difficulties
In spite of challenges caused by saline intrusion and COVID-19, rice cultivation in the Mekong Delta must ensure domestic supply and take opportunities for export, said [...]
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Economic Restructuring Aligned with Growth Model Change
This is the affirmation by Chair of the An Giang Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh to Vietnam Business Forum. He said that An Giang province is [...]
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European Council okays EVFTA with Vietnam
The European Council on March 30 adopted a decision on ratifying a free trade agreement between the European Union and Vietnam (EVFTA), paving the way for the agreement to [...]
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Hanoi’s CPI rises 5.23pct in Q1
The consumer price index (CPI) of Hanoi in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 5.23 percent against the same period last year, according to the municipal Statistics [...]
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Vietnam-Israel trade surpasses 236 million USD in two months
Trade between Vietnam and Israel reached 236.58 million USD in the first two months of this year, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Israel. Vietnam’s export [...]
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Major agricultural exports drop off during first quarter
A range of major agricultural products, aside from rice and cashew nuts, experienced a year-on-year drop in export value during the first quarter of 2020, according to the [...]
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Live hog price to reduce to VND60,000/kilogram
Deputy prime minister Trinh Dinh Dung and minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong on Monday in Hanoi called for 15 major livestock enterprises to [...]
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Soc Trang depends on efficient farming models to beat climate change
Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have adopted many new farming models to adapt to climate change, which has helped them cope with the severe saltwater [...]
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Kien Giang, Long An provinces want rice export ban lifted
The Mekong Delta provinces of Kien Giang and Long An have asked the government to reconsider its temporary ban on rice exports, saying it would discourage farmers from [...]
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Hanoi industrial production growth slows to 4.44pct in Q1
Such a growth pace is the slowest in many years, due to growing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Hanoi`s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in March expanded 0.9 percent [...]
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Disbursement of public investment would help lift GDP by 0.42pctage points: GSO
Boosting the disbursement of all planned public investment would help increase this year’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 0.42 percentage points, according to the [...]
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Fitch Solutions lowers Vietnam’s growth forecast
Fitch Solutions has recently revised down Vietnam’s economic growth in 2020 to 6.3 per cent from 6.8 per cent previously due to the Covid-19 outbreak. In a report on [...]
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Vietnam sees first reduction in retail sales of goods and services in Q1
Vietnam witnessed its first reduction in retail sales for five years in March due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to the General Statistical Office [...]
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Iron and steel exports to China enjoy major boost
Vietnam’s iron and steel exports to China skyrocketed over the course of the first two months of the year, despite only a slight increase in the country’s overall [...]
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US attracts most Vietnamese investment in three months
Vietnam invested 49.3 million USD abroad in the first three months of 2020, with the US being the biggest recipient. During the period, the country secured investment [...]
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