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BizInfo First Ryan’s Grocery store opens in HCMC Friday,  Dec 13, 2019,16:08 (GMT+7) First Ryan’s Grocery store opens in HCMC Leading Singapore-based boutique grocery and butcher brand Ryan’s Grocery officially inaugurated on December 7 its first organic food store in Vietnam at 200 Pasteur, Ward 6, District 3. The opening ceremony welcomed the participation of representatives from the franchisor Ryan’s Grocery, the local franchisee PM Quynh Lam, and especially Mr Roy Kho, Consul General of Singapore in Ho Chi Minh City. First international organic food franchise store Ryan’s Saigon store marks the very first international organic product franchise in the country, with all products on its shelves labelled by world’s leading prestigious institutions – the principle that has helped Ryan’s Grocery gain customers’ trust in its home country from the very first days and is … [Read more...] about First Ryan’s Grocery store opens in HCMC

The Government's Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform and the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) on December 12 held a high-profile dialogue conference on improving investment and trade environment in Vietnam. At the conference, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung emphasized that in order to create favorable condition for enterprises to invest and do business in Vietnam, the Government has been drastic in instruction and administration of socio-economic development of the country, of which, it has strongly promoted reform of administrative procedures, improved business environment, fortified national competitiveness and timely solved difficulties and entanglements for enterprises. Mr. Nicolas Audier, chairman of EuroCham, said that Vietnamese Government has been serious in building attractive and open investment and trade environment. This dialogue is a positive signal at crucial moment in the process of ratifying the EU-Vietnam … [Read more...] about Vietnam aims to build attractive, open investment environment

   A 250sq.m museum includes displays, pictures and a national map depicting the distribution of varieties of Ngọc Linh ginseng. VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — The newly opened Ngọc Linh Ginseng Museum in HCM City boasts over 400 varieties of the healing plant called a national treasure. The museum opened in early December at No. 374 Nguyễn Sơn Street in Tân Phú District. It includes a display of Ngọc Linh ginseng tubers that are worth billions of Vietnamese đồng. Nguyễn Tấn Việt, museum director, said that Ngọc Linh ginseng, which has medicinal properties, reflects the history and culture of Việt Nam. "Having researched for years, I had a strong desire to build a museum so that others could appreciate and learn more about this precious ginseng species," Việt said. The museum is open to the public daily except … [Read more...] about Ngọc Linh Ginseng Museum opens in HCM City

The trial opened in the Phu Tho People’s Court in the northern province, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Hanoi. Phan Van Vinh, former director of the General Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, and Nguyen Thanh Hoa, former director of the ministry’s Departmentfor High-Tech Crime Prevention, are charged with "abuse of power or position in performance of official duties." Vinh was arrested in April and Hoa a month earlier. They could be sentenced to 5-10 years in prison. The 90 other defendants are charged with six different crimes: gambling, organizing gambling, money laundering, and trading illegal receipts. The trial, guarded by more than 500 cops on the opening day, is expected to last for 20 days. Nguyen Thanh Hoa, former director of the ministry’s cyber crime division, arrives at the Phu Tho People's Court on Monday. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy Investigations found Vinh had helped Nguyen Thanh Hoa and Nguyen Van Duong, chairman of … [Read more...] about Former top cops stand trial in massive gambling case

Adam Ward, Country Representative of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in Vietnam (left) and Kate Bronstein, Research Environmental Engineer from RTI International. Air pollution is a mixture of small particles and gases – some we can see and some we can’t. Vietnam’s major cities are gravely affected by poor air quality; indeed, Hanoi was ranked second worst for air quality in the Southeast Asian region in 2018 by Air Visual. Situation in Vietnam When we talk about air pollution, we are referring to: particulate matter 10 micrometers or less in diameter (PM10), PM2.5, black carbon, nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), and volatile organic carbons (VOCs). Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City regularly exceed the safe World Health Organization (WHO) limit for air pollution such as PM2.5 and PM10. So, what is causing this poor air? This has been attributed to five main drivers, including coal power, heavy industry (such as cement … [Read more...] about Tackling Vietnam’s air pollution