Hanoi (VNA) – The agriculture ministry has devised measures to turn Vietnam into one of the world’s most 15 developed countries in terms of agriculture by 2030, and among the top 10 farm produce processing hubs. Harvesting the 2020 spring rice crop in Hoa Binh commune of Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province (Photo: VNA) This is the goal...

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam is sparing no efforts to implement tax reform measures along with the application of information technology in tax administration to disclose budget information, according to the Vietnam Annual Economic Report 2020 launched at a conference in Hanoi on June 17. In 2019, Vietnam leaped 14 places in the Open Budget Index (OBI) rankings to stand...

Hanoi (VNA) – Eight out of the 15 Vietnamese registered businesses are eligible to import live pigs from Thailand with the estimated number of more than 1.9 million heads, according to the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Illustrative image (Source: baomoi.com) Currently, one company has declared quarantine to import 500 pigs...

Hanoi (VNA) – A group of investors led by US-based private equity firm KKR, including Temasek Holdings of Singapore, invested 15.1 trillion VND (650 million USD) in a stake of the Vinhomes Joint Stock Company (Vinhomes). An apartment complex of Vinhomes (Photo: Vinhomes) With this investment, the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) witnessed transactions with a combined value...

Son La (VNA) – The northern mountainous province of Son La has emerged as a leading grower of fruit in recent years thanks to its well-chosen policy of moving in the direction of organic farming. Mangoes, grown in Yen Chau district in the northern mountainous province of Son La (Photo: vnexpress.net) The Chieng Hac cooperative in Yen Chau district...

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese enterprises looking for new technologies or to promote their products internationally markets are encouraged to participate in the VCIC CONNECT Programme. Business executives learn about the VCIC CONNECT Programme on "Technology transfer, investment promotion and international market connection" at a recent seminar to introduce the programme in HCM City (Photo: sggp.org.vn) The "Technology transfer,...

Hanoi (VNA) – A tourism demand stimulus programnme for the northwestern region has been launched with the participation of more than 150 travel companies. Terraced rice fields of Mong ethnic people in Ban Mu commune of Tram Tau district, Yen Bai province (Photo: VNA) The programme is carried out by the Vietnam Tourism Association and the provinces of Ha...

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam imported about 67,640 tonnes of pork from the start of the year to May 30, a year-on-year surge of 298 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). A person choose a pack of pork at the supermarket (Photo: VNA) Nearly 130 domestic firms purchased pork and related products in the period,...

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietjet on June 10 announced a promotion of 2.5 million super-saving tickets priced from only 8,000 VND (0.34 USD) across the domestic flight network in order to celebrate the launch of eight new routes. Staff of Vietjet stand in front of its check-in counters (Photo: VNA) Promotional tickets are up for grabs at website www.vietjetair.com...

Berlin (VNA) – The European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), recently ratified by the Vietnamese legislature, will not only help Vietnam boost production and exports but also enable European firms to increase their presence in this emerging Asian nation, said the German media. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The DPA newswire said once the deal takes effect...