Export revenue from farming, forestry and seafood products is estimated to hit US$2.28 billion in October, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development noted.
Legislators discussed draft amendments to the Law on the Organisation of the People’s Procuracy in a plenary meeting in Hanoi on October 27 as part of the ongoing National Assembly’s eighth session.
Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Jitan Ram Manjihi, pushed for stronger cooperation with Vietnam on farming, fisheries, food processing, education and tourism in a meeting with the visiting Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on October 27.
Vietnam has undertaken efforts to enhance product quality and marketing strategies in a bid to take full advantage of Canada’s market potential for its aquacultural products.
Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam lost to Robson Ray of the United States in the eighth round of the Spice Cup in Missouri on October 25.
PhuQuoc Island, dubbed the Pearl Island, in the southern province of Kien Giang expects to see a new boost to its socio-economic development with the planned launch on November 1 of two international air routes connecting the island and Singapore and Cambodia’s Siem Reap.
Vietnamese shrimp processors and exporters should take advantage of a sharp fall in global supply caused by the early mortality syndrome (EMS) to seek and expand their markets, said Vice President of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) Nguyen Huu Dung.
The Prime Minister has ratified a planning on communication system development in sea boundary, sea and islands by 2020 to ensure all target localities are provided with public post services and equipped with basic broadcasting system.
Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) has been honored by the International Finance Magazine as the "Most Innovative Bank in Vietnam" in 2014, becoming the first Vietnamese commercial bank to get the award.
Thailand came from behind to beat Malaysia and enter the International U21 Football Tournament’s final in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 26.