Ministry of Industry and Trade has approved the 2012 electricity supply and operation plan of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), which estimates that total electricity output of plants and imports in 2012 will be 120.795 billion kWh, up 10.89% year on year, the Vietnam News Agency reported. Of the total, 58.157 billion kWh is expected [...]
A wind power plant is expected to be built in the central province of Binh Dinh in the first quarter of 2012. The Binh Dinh provincial People’s Committee has allowed the Phuong Mai joint stock company to develop the project. Covering an area of 141.9ha at the Nhon Hoi economic zone, the power plant will [...]
One of the causes for the mysterious fires that destroyed a series of motorbikes nationwide may be the poor quality of the gasoline that they had been filled with, a lecturer at a Ho Chi Minh City university said. Thi Hong Xuan, of the Engineering and Technology Department of the HCMC Agriculture and Forestry University, [...]
Strong garment and textile enterprises are mulling plans to enlarge sales systems despite a difficult economy. In December 2011 alone, Vinatex launched two big supermarkets in Ho Chi Minh City and Hoa Binh province with total investment capital around VND50 billion ($2.3 million) bringing the total number of its supermarkets to about 60. Vinatex Mart [...]
Hitachi Transport System Ltd plans to enter the logistics business in Vietnam as it looks to capitalize on rising consumer spending in the country, the Nikkei business daily reported. The company, a unit of electronics maker Hitachi, will on January 1 launch a third-party logistics business through a joint venture set up in November with [...]
Vietnamese people now can experience more of international fast food chain Jollibee’s everyday delicious food offerings as yesterday it opened its 30th store in Vincom Center in Long Binh District, Hanoi. With over 800 stores across the Philippines, US, Qatar, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Brunei, Jollibee’s new store in Hanoi marks a significant milestone [...]
Vietnam aims to export six million tonnes of cement products, including 500,000 tonnes of cement and 5.5 million tonnes of clinker, by 2012, primarily to the African market, according to the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). Head of the VNCA’s office Nguyen Van Diep said that due to the government’s policy to tighten public investment [...]
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified the country’s mineral resources strategy for 2020 with a vision for 2030. Under the strategy, investment priority will be given to conducting basic geological surveys on land and at sea to estimate the country’s mineral resources. Exploration and extraction will be closely associated with processing and efficient use [...]
45 best made-in-Vietnam products were awarded at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 27. Some brand names have become widely known among Vietnamese consumers such as electric wire and cable CADI-SUN from Thuong Dinh Electric Wire and Cable Joint Stock Company, Thong Nhat bicycle from Thong Nhat One Member Limited Liability Company. The selection, starting [...]
What to buy for Tet gifts to bosses is now the headache of many office workers. Expensive “royal food” which is good to human heath is the choice of many people. Bosses nowadays don’t need money, need good health Tet is the good opportunity for office workers to present gifts to their bosses that serve [...]
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