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Four trade fairs open today in HCM City (10-12-2008) HCM CITY — Four exhibitions will open in HCM City today, offering opportunities for producers and buyers to meet up and enter into partnerships. Viet Nam Trade, Vinamac, Vinachem, and Chinachem expos will feature more than 200 businesses from several countries and territories, including China, Laos, India, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and America. They will display food and beverages; farm, forestry and aqua products; garment; footwear; electrical goods; plastics; and equipment and machinery for mining, construction, engineering, food, wood and rubber processing, and manufacture of fertilisers, pesticides, petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. Nguyen Van Ngan, general director of Vietfair, the organiser of the expos, said there would be a seminar on Viet Nam’s trade and industrial policies on the opening day and another on its agro-chemicals market tomorrow. Ngan said free fact-finding tours would also be organised for … [Read more...] about Four trade fairs open today in HCM City

  A H’mong girl uses a high-tech device to check crop data. Digitisation of farming is an inevitable trend in Việt Nam. — VNS Photo Thu Ngân HCM CITY — Digitisation of farming is inevitable and Việt Nam should embrace it to resolve the agricultural paradox of producing more while preserving natural resources and to grab the opportunities brought by free trade agreements, experts have said. Reports from research organisations said the world population would increase by 2.2 billion by 2050 and demand for food would increase by 50 per cent. During this period climate change is expected to reduce harvests by 17 per cent while arable land will shrink by 20 per cent. The agricultural sector globally and in Việt Nam is therefore set to face big challenges. A more resilient food future will rely on sharp increases in agricultural research and development; better alignment of government finance and incentives for farmers with long-term, … [Read more...] about Digital farming holds key to solving agriculture paradox

  Daniel Cao Nguyễn competes at the  ITF World Tennis Tour M25 in Tây Ninh Province in October. Nguyễn is Việt Nam's golden hope at the SEA Games. Photo courtesy of VTF SEA Games Tennis has not been a good sport for Việt Nam at the Southeast Asian Games. In the past 30 years, not a single player in any category has ever come away with a gold medal, but maybe that’s about to change. Hopes rest on the shoulders of Daniel Nguyễn who will lead the tennis players at the 30th Games in the Philippines later this month. The 29-year-old was born in California in the US, but has been naturalised and will fly the flag for Việt Nam at the games. Ranked 355th in the world, he is top seed at the games and is tipped for success in both the men’s singles and doubles. “It will be tough for a gold medal,” Nguyễn told Việt Nam News. “There are several good players in South East Asia. I will look … [Read more...] about Nguyễn to take Việt Nam’s first ever SEA Games tennis title

Việt Nam has become an ideal eco-system for both domestic and foreign start-ups, and the effects are showing, with start-ups mushrooming all over the place. Việt Nam News’s Thu Ngân spoke to fund managers and executives at successful start-ups and asked them about the phenomenon. Peter Ryder, CEO of Indochina Capital   Việt Nam’s biggest advantage is its people. The Vietnamese are among the most entrepreneurial and ambitious people I have met, which paired with Việt Nam’s exceedingly young population creates the perfect storm for start-ups to thrive. With that said, Việt Nam’s start-ups suffer from the country’s bureaucratic issues, namely the lack of laws that govern newer forms of business. While not applicable to all start-ups, many struggle to take off because of these issues and it makes seeking investment extremely difficult for these start-ups. It seems that many are quickly sold to big corporations, … [Read more...] about Việt Nam fosters a start-up ecosystem in the region: executives

Two packages of explosives, weighing 50kg in total, were found in the cargo section of a coach which was stopped on road passing through Tam Kỳ District, Quảng Nam central province. — Illustrative photo vietnamplus.vnViet Nam News QUẢNG NAM — Police in this central province have arrested a man for operating a ring that smuggled some 50kg of explosive material to process bombs in Tam Kỳ District. Phan Văn Dân, 43, from the province’s Quế Thuận Commune, Quế Sơn District, was arrested following several days of investigation after a passenger coach owned by the Cẩm Vân transport company, while travelling from the North to South, was stopped on Monday. The coach with licence plate 43B-023.13 was stopped on road passing through Tam Kỳ District. Traffic police patrolling the area suspected the coach was being used to transport smuggled goods. Two packages of explosives, weighing 50kg in … [Read more...] about Quảng Nam police seize 50kg of bomb-making explosives