The annual Vietnam Development Partnership Forum (VDPF) is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on December 5, 2014. The overarching theme of the forum is "Economic institutional reform, enhanced autonomy and competitiveness of Vietnam's economy." Thematic topics of discussions will include: Socioeconomic development updates and main directions for the future; Institutional reform of market economy: Market mechanism reform to enhance competitiveness; Private sector development: Private development to build a sustainable and self-reliant economy. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Development Partnership Forum to Take Place in Hanoi in Dec
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Japan to Help Vietnam Develop Bio-fuel
A group of experts from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology will pay a visit to Can Tho City on September 16 in a move to help Vietnam develop bio-fuel in the Mekong Delta region. The Mekong Delta region boasts a great potential to develop bio-fuel, particularly tra catfish fat, straw, rice husk, coconut, castor oil plant, sesame, soy-bean, sugar cane, and seaweed. Last month, Minh Tu Limited Company reached an agreement to export 200,000 liters of bio-diesel produced from vegetable oils and animal fats to Singapore. Vietnam plans to produce 1.8 million tons of ethanol and vegetable fuel oil by 2025 in order to meet 5% of the national petroleum demand. (HCM City Law) … [Read more...] about Japan to Help Vietnam Develop Bio-fuel
Press conference on Vietnam Development Partnership Forum
- The Vietnamese government and donors have agreed to reform the Consultative Group meeting to make it an open forum, which allowing the attendance of all development partners. The forum called the Vietnam Development Partnership Forum (VDPF) will be held on December 5 in Hanoi, according to the Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh: "The government and its development partners will agree on detailed topics for policy dialogues at the annual VDPF. High on the agenda will be issues that the government gives priority to in its national socio-economic development programs and which the development partners want to support in line with reality and the prospects for effective cooperation with the Vietnamese government". Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is expected to deliver a statement at this year's forum, which aims to develop new partnerships and look towards a future of sustainable, competitive and comprehensive development. … [Read more...] about Press conference on Vietnam Development Partnership Forum
Vietnam Development Bank Established
To carry out the Government's policy of export and development investment credit, the Vietnamese Prime Minister recently signed a Decision to establish the Vietnam Development Bank (VDB), a state financial institute formed by restructuring the existing Development Assistance Fund (DAF) . Headquartered in the capital city of Ha Noi, the bank will operate on non-profit basis and its payment liquidity will be secured by the Government. VDB has a charted capital worth VND5 trillion, a required reserve ratio of 0%, and also receives a tax exemption and other duties in accordance with the laws. Related link:Viet Nam Development Bank to Be Established … [Read more...] about Vietnam Development Bank Established
UK experts to help Vietnam develop creative industry
UK experts to help Vietnam develop creative industry By Tuong Vi - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - UK specialists and consultants in the creative industry will visit Vietnam this year to help the country build up the “creative industry”. The creative industry project was initiated by the British Council in 2008 but has since been implemented in HCMC only. “We hope this project will spread out to other cities and provinces nationwide and we are working with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,” Alison Ball, director of the British Council in HCMC, told the Daily on Wednesday. After two years of promoting this project, Ball said the project had gained initial success as local entrepreneurs were more aware and the term ‘creative industry’ had become familiar to Vietnamese people. Vietnamese people are creative and keen on doing business, but they often do not connect these two factors that are most important to the creative industry. Creativity … [Read more...] about UK experts to help Vietnam develop creative industry