Investment in Ho Chi Minh City’s industrial parks and processing zones have risen by nearly 23% year-on-year so far this year to US$236.1 million.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has affirmed Vietnam’s strong support for all efforts and initiatives that can help promote the Middle East peace process.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Russian Ministry of Agriculture held the second meeting of the countries’ agricultural working group and an agricultural business forum via videoconference on April 22.

VOV.VN - Vietnam supports the peace process in Colombia and expects relevant parties to continue dialogue efforts to address current challenges, a Vietnamese diplomat to the United Nations has said.

VOV.VN - Quang Yen town in the northern province of Quang Ninh welcomed the start of the 2021 Bach Dang Festival on April 18, with a large number of visitors from across the country in attendance.

Shipments of products from the processing industry brought in about US$67.39 billion in the first quarter of this year, representing 87.13% of Vietnam’s total export value during the period.

A VND42 billion (US$1.82 million) vegetable and fruit processing factory was put into operation in Vung Lai commune, Muong Khuong district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on April 7.

Vietnam’s industry grew 6.5% year on year in the first three months of 2020, with the manufacturing and processing sector expanding 9.45% and remaining as the main engine of the economic growth.

Total new and additional investment capital in Ho Chi Minh City’s industrial and processing zones reached US$224.61 million in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 66.34% year-on-year and representing 40.84% of the annual plan.

The processing and manufacturing sector took the lead in attracting foreign investment in the first three months to March 20, absorbing over US$5 billion, or 49.6%, announced the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) at the Ministry of Planning and Investment.