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Over the last few days, Bac Giang Province, home to Luc Ngan District which is famous as the major lychee producing area in the country, has worn a decorated look. The traffic of motorbikes carrying harvested lychees is several kilometers long.  At 5:30 a.m., highway 279 is packed with lychee traders rushing to deliver the seasonal fruit to wet markets. Lychee are freshly picked daily at 2 a.m. The street has been painted lychee red. A Chinese trader negotiates. Locals say Chinese fruit traders are their biggest buyers. “My family harvested roughly 10 tons of lychee. This is the first batch of the season. My family sells one ton per week,” Ngo Xuan Phuc said, as he sweeps sweat off his face. Farmers weigh lychee baskets. A lychee basket costs between VND3,000-16,000 ($0.13-0.70) a kilogram. However, prices have fallen in recent years. A 120-200 kilogram lychee basket only fetches VND500,000, instead of VND3 million in previous years. … [Read more...] about Northern Vietnam gets a luscious lychee shine

A production line at Tien Thinh Production, Trading and Service Company Limited. Vietnamese enterprises need more opportunities to receive technology transfer from foreign investment activities.(Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese enterprises need more opportunities to get technology transfers from foreign investment activities and join ventures with foreign partners for sustainable development of the domestic industry. Technology is important in improving global competitiveness for local manufacturers in Vietnam, said BT Tee, General Director of Informa Markets Vietnam. The domestic industrial sector, which contributes 50 percent of national GDP, has a strategic position in the sustainable development of the domestic economy and attraction of foreign investment. Local enterprises must actively improve production scale and technology and connect with professional partners to develop the industry and participate in the global supply chain, said BT Tee. To do this, some … [Read more...] about Domestic industry needs technology transfer

Deputy Defence Minister Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh (R) and US Defence Attaché to Vietnam Col. Thomas Stevenson at the meeting in Hanoi on September 12 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh received the new US Defence Attaché to Vietnam, Col. Thomas Stevenson, in Hanoi on September 12. Congratulating the guest on his appointment as the US Defence Attaché to Vietnam, Vinh hoped that during his term, Stevenson will make important and practical contributions to defence cooperation between the two countries. He affirmed that leaders of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and relevant agencies will create the best possible conditions for the attaché to fulfill his duties. For his part, Stevenson affirmed that he will make his utmost efforts to help develop bilateral defence ties with practical cooperation activities matching the US-Vietnam relations./. VNA … [Read more...] about Deputy defence minister welcomes new US defence attaché

President of VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man (third from left) in Can Tho Diocese (Photo: VNA)   Can Tho (VNA) - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man paid a pre-Christmas visit to Can Tho Diocese in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 14. Man wished the Bishop of Can Tho Diocese Tri Buu Thien, local priests and Catholic followers a warm and merry Christmas season and urged them to make more contributions to national development. He underlined the contributions made by Catholic followers nationwide and those in Can Tho Diocese in particular to the country’s important achievements in the past year. The VFF leader expressed his hope that with his prestige, Bishop Thien will continue calling on priests and Catholic followers to join social activities, national emulation campaigns, and movements launched by the VFF, contributing to the success of the party congresses at all levels and action plans set by the ninth … [Read more...] about VFF leader pays pre-Xmas visit to Can Tho Diocese

Illustrative image (Source: internet) Binh Duong (VNA) – The construction of a factory specialising in manufacturing electronic headphones began at the Bau Bang industrial park in Bau Bang district, northern Binh Duong province, on June 6. The project, which has total investment of nearly 280 billion VND (over 12 million USD) for the first phase, is carried out by Ampacs International Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Ampacs Group of Taiwan (China) and DDK Vietnam Investment and Development Co., Ltd. The factory, the third biggest of its kind of Ampacs after two others in China, will be completed and put into operation in June 2021. Chairman of the Binh Duong People’s Committee Tran Thanh Liem said the province will support and create the best conditions for investors and particularly Ampacs to do business. He hoped the group will continue expanding investment in Binh Duong and invite more investors to the province. The official noted that in the first five months of … [Read more...] about Electronic headphone factory built in Binh Duong