VOV.VN - The Philippines Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has decided to extend safeguard measures against test-liner board importer from Vietnam for another four years.

Exports of cassava and cassava-based products have declined significantly this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The 622.5 MW capacity turbine No.1 of Duyen Hai 3 thermal power plant, based in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, has joined the national grid. 

Only 42 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and two public service institutions were equitised between January and August this year, according to the Steering Committee for Business Reform and Development. 

A business forum was held in Moscow on September 18 to promote cooperation between Vietnam and Russia when the Vietnam – Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) free trade agreement comes into effect on October 5 this year.

The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam under the Ministry of Science and Technology has recognised the brand ownership for the products of Ly Son Island including garlic, onion, seafood, garlic wine, dried seafood and seaweed.

Vietnam’s new import tariff, part of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) for 2016-18, has come into force.

The deadline for social housing developers who signed borrowing contracts before March 31, 2016 to get cheap loans from the VND30 trillion stimulus package will not be extended to December 31 this year as they wished.

Experts have warned that some Vietnamese shipping firms, incurring big debts, will soon follow Hanjin and file for bankruptcy. At least two – Vinashinlines and Falcon – have been following procedures to declare bankruptcy.

Australia has given the green light for fresh mango from Vietnam to be imported into the country after years of negotiations, making it the second Vietnamese fruit, after litchi, to be imported into the country.