The “Joint Programme on Green Production and Trade to Increase Income and Employment Opportunities for Rural Poor” has actively contributed to the development of Vietnam’s handicrafts and raised rural people’s income.

A high-ranking delegation from northern Quang Ninh province paid a visit to Indonesia on June 19-20 to seek trade and investment cooperation opportunities with local partners.

(VOV) - Preferential policies to encourage the export of hi-tech products should receive more attention, said President of the Ho Chi Minh City Informatics Association Chu Tien Dung at a seminar in HCM City on June 19. 

(VOV) - The Japanese Terumo Vietnam Ltd Company has inaugurated a medical equipment factory in Hanoi’s Quang Minh Industrial Zone.

(VOV) - The German Industry and Commerce Vietnam (GIC) has announced that the Asia-Pacific Conference of German businesses (APK) 2014 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City from November 21-22 next year.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group will invest US$74 million in a project to build Nongkhang airport in Houaphan province.

Vietnamese footwear exporters are looking forward to big gains this year as their revenue in the January - May period surged 11.4 % year-on-year to US$3.1 billion, a positive figure amid the global economic malaise.

(VOV) -Vietbuild 2013, an international exhibition on construction, building materials, real estate, and interior and exterior design, officially opened at HCM City’s Sai Gon Exhibition and Convention Centre on June 13.

(VOV) -Many foreign investors regard Vietnam as an ideal market thanks to the country’s incentive policies and transparency in investment attraction.

Leader of the southern province of Dong Nai has pledged to create all favourable conditions for Japanese small- and medium-sized enterprises to invest in the locality.