VOV.VN - The Netherlands’ The & GREEN Fund unveiled plans on August 15 that it will provide up to US$25 million in funding to Phuc Sinh Corporation, one of the key Vietnamese coffee and pepper exporters, to develop a deforestation-free coffee value chain in a sustainable manner.
Vietnam’s exports expanded about 13.8% year-on-year in the first half of this year, and imports rose 18.4%, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Planning and Finance Department said at a press conference in Hanoi on June 19.
VOV.VN - All the signed contracts of the US$12 billion Block B - O Mon gas-to-power project are on the right track, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his meeting with voters of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on May 12.
The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), in collaboration with related parties, on January 16 organised a workshop announcing the project ‘Transforming Rice Value Chains for Climate Resilient and Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta’ (TRVC).
Enhancing national competitiveness and capacity of domestic enterprises is vital for Vietnam to climb up the global value chain in the new context of globalisation, heard a workshop held by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) in Hanoi on December 5.
VOV.VN - Through local partner factories, 'Made in Vietnam' products have been distributed to more than 2,400 stores around the world, thereby demonstrating the country’s crucial role in Uniqlo’s global value chain, said Nishida Hideki, general director of Uniqlo Vietnam.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) and its partners signed and started to implement the Block B – O Mon gas-to-power value chain project at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 30 with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attending.
Vietnam needs to promptly adopt appropriate policies and mechanisms to build infrastructure and value chains related to hydrogen, experts recommended at the National Green Hydrogen Summit: Energy Transition and Development of Green Hydrogen Industry in Vietnam on October 28 at the National Innovation Centre (NIC) at the Hanoi-based Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park.
The attraction of large foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows from the US and Europe, especially into industries with high added value such as manufacturing, technology and pharmaceuticals, is a positive signal about Vietnam’s economic development and international cooperation as well as the country's efforts in improving its position on the global value chain.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in collaboration with the US Department of Agriculture and CropLife Asia, held a forum in Hanoi on October 18 to discuss the application of sci-tech and innovation toward sustainable agricultural development.