The General Statistics Office of Vietnam under the ministry reported that agricultural, forestry and seafood export turnover reached US$32.6 billion in the first ten months this year, up 8.1 percent compared to the same period last year. For the last three years, the export turnover posted a strong growth of 12.17 percent a year. It was 9.7 percent in 2011-2015. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has many times stressed that the country has maintained ten groups of commodities with the export turnover of from $1 billion and more. They comprise rice, rubber, coffee, pepper, cashew nut, cassava, vegetables, shrimp, pangasius fish, wood and wooden items. Of these, five have been present in the list of $3 billion export turnover namely vegetables, rubber, coffee, shrimp and wooden products. Notably, fruit export has exceeded crude oil since 2016. According to Mr. Cuong, Vietnam is topping the export list of pepper, cashew nut and pangasius fish, ranking second … [Read more...] about Target of $40 billion agro-forestry-seafood export turnover obtainable
Vietnam PM urges Singapore’s Sembcorp to build more industrial parks
The Hanoitimes - Sembcorp has been one of the pioneer enterprises in investing in Vietnam with nine VSIPs over the last 20 years, which are now the symbol of economic, trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and Singapore. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked Sembcorp, one of Singapore’s leading conglomerates, to push the construction of Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks (VSIPs) in the country’s southwest region, the government portal reported. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Neil McGregor, president and CEO of Sembcorp. Source: VGP. The move would utilize existing advantages of a region with a population of 20 million and huge potential for development, Phuc said in a meeting with Neil McGregor, president and CEO of Sembcorp on November 13. Phuc suggested the Singaporean group to establish a VSIP in the country’s Central Highlands. The region is specialized in cultivating industrial crops, including coffee, rubber and … [Read more...] about Vietnam PM urges Singapore’s Sembcorp to build more industrial parks
Stable growth predicted for steel consumption until year’s end
A worker examines products at a factory of the Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel JSC (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) predicts that consumption for steel in both domestic and foreign markets will maintain stable growth until year’s end, after rises in production and sales over the last 10 months. VSA Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Sua said without any big changes, steel consumption in large markets is likely to remain steady until the end of 2018. He noted some factors that may affect global steel consumption, including US tariffs on Turkey, winter production cuts in China and US-China trade tension. Demand for the product in Europe is forecast to increase by 2.2 percent this year, driven by surging auto and construction demand. In the domestic market, steel production and sales are enjoying fast growth and this trend will likely maintain through December, he added. VSA data showed that more than 20 million tonnes of steel products were … [Read more...] about Stable growth predicted for steel consumption until year’s end
Cambodia steps up efforts against surrogacy
Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) - A Cambodian court on November 13 charged 18 people with cross-border human trafficking and violation of surrogacy law. Police said the group includes 11 surrogate mothers, two cooks and two managers, who were arrested during a raid in Phnom Penh on November 8. Three other suspects are on the run. If found guilty, they could be sentenced to more than 15 years in prison. Cambodian authorities declined to disclose the nationality of the intended parents whom those surrogate mothers are carrying the babies for. Cambodia banned surrogacy practice in 2016, describing it as a form of human trading. In June this year, authorities arrested 33 surrogate mothers, two brokers and one operator of a surrogacy ring. They were all charged with human trafficking and being intermediaries for surrogacy. In August last year, a Cambodian court sentenced Australian fertility specialist Tammy Davis-Charles to one and a half years in prison … [Read more...] about Cambodia steps up efforts against surrogacy
Football star Cong Vinh inspires pupils to play sports
While stopping at the International Schools of North America (SNA) on November 12, footballer Cong Vinh – President of NHG Football Department – shared with more than 500 pupils that there is a logical link between playing a kind of sports with forming the personality. As said by Mr. Vinh, football can help us realize our true nature and value through the contact with other members of the team, who greatly differ in age and characteristics. He affirmed that via playing football, there is a chance to learn how to control our feelings and behaviors before, in, and after the game regardless of the positive or negative results. It is also an opportunity to practice the team spirit and the habit of sharing. All of them should guide players to prove themselves worthy and become the strongest possible. The program ‘NHG & CV9 Collaboration on Having Professional School Football’ launched in educational institutes of NHG will mostly focus on physical training, … [Read more...] about Football star Cong Vinh inspires pupils to play sports