Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese sub-committee, as the Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophone (APF) for the 2019-2021 tenure, attended the APF executive board's annual meeting, which convened virtually on January 25. About 40 delegates, including three from Vietnam, joined the meeting, during which they heard a report by the APF Secretary General on the APF’s operation and response to COVID-19 and discussed orientations and action programmes for 2021 as well as multilateral inter-parliament cooperation projects. The board agreed to continue implementing the APF strategic framework for 2019-2022, focusing on four priority issues under the action program of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF). The issues cover the fight against terrorism and extreme violence; inclusive development and growth; development of public policies on French language education and teaching in the multilingual Francophone community; and implementation of the … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends APF executive board’s annual meeting
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HCMC authorities develop various types of houses to meet growing demand
When it comes to commercial real estate, HCMC encouraged investors to apply new technologies and use new materials. Competent state agencies will help investors remove hiccups along the way and approve 1/500 planning. These bodies will enhance IT in management, planning, and investment of housing as well as use environmentally-friendly houses adapted to climate change. … [Read more...] about HCMC authorities develop various types of houses to meet growing demand
Shipping industry needs State support to develop: ministry
Therefore, the ministry has proposed the Prime Minister consider and adjust financial mechanisms to support the development of the fleet, including loans with preferential interest rates. Investment in a fleet of ships requires huge and long-term capital, while local enterprises are unlikely to be able to invest in high-quality fleets, according to Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Nhật. The shipping companies have received very little financial support from the Government in the past few years to carry out fleet development. Interest rates on bank loans in Việt Nam are from 8-10 per cent per year, higher than interest rates in other countries such as Japan (1-2 per cent), Singapore (3 per cent) and China (4.5 per cent). At the same time, when registering a ship to fly the Vietnamese flag, the enterprise must carry out procedures on importing ships and have to pay taxes and fees such as registration fee, value-added tax and import tax on ships. Some ship owners … [Read more...] about Shipping industry needs State support to develop: ministry
Vietnam’s supporting industries receive push to develop further
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade is actively implementing a lot of supporting industry development programmes, given the great importance of supporting industries. Thanks to these programmes, Vietnamese businesses have been facilitated to apply modern quality management standards and systems, increase the quality of their products, and gradually participate in global supply chains. However, deputy head of the Science Institute on Small-and-Medium Enterprises Management (SISME) Nguyen Kim Hung said that businesses are facing difficulties in approaching credit, due to specific characteristics of supporting industrial production as well as the low starting point of small- and medium-sized enterprises. In this context, Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vu Tien Loc stressed the need for mechanisms and policies to develop supporting industries, strengthen connectivity, take advantage of new markets, and expand supply channels and … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s supporting industries receive push to develop further
Russia’s AVG Capital to develop $1.4 billion pork processing complex in Thanh Hoa
Meanwhile, Nguyen Van Thi, Deputy Chairman of Thanh Hoa People’s Committee, highly appreciated the investment of AVG Capital to implement the project. Thanh Hoa always welcomes investors to the locality. The province is committed to accompanying investors and creating the most favourable conditions for investors to research and implement projects here. … [Read more...] about Russia’s AVG Capital to develop $1.4 billion pork processing complex in Thanh Hoa