Economy

Following the direction of the People's Committee of Long An province, the sector and e-commerce platform of the Communication unit have actively supported uploading goods and agricultural products to the e-commerce platform.

The growth of processed seafood output in Vietnam will reach over 6 percent a year by 2030 under a national seafood processing development strategy for 2021-2030 which has been approved by the Prime Minister.

Vietnam’s master plan on developing domestic seaport network over the next 10 years, with a vision to 2050, will focus on the development of six major port clusters, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has said.

Amid the logistics industry’s development and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, new logistics services have increased and required more quality and creative human resources.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade held a teleconference with Samsung Vietnam and its suppliers on October 14, affirming that the ministry’s top priority now is assisting businesses in Vietnam to achieve the “twin targets”.

Center for Industry and Trade Promotion of Long An province has just coordinated with Thuy Hoang dragon fruit purchasing establishments in Thanh Phu Long commune to test and put into use the dragon fruit washing machine.

The Ministry of Transport has decided to restart flights on two domestic routes, Ho Chi Minh City-Ca Mau, and Hanoi-Dien Bien, during the pilot period which last until October 20.

Many farmers and voters in Dong Thap Muoi region reflected that many agents of agricultural materials have increased the selling price of fertilizers and pesticides.

Foreign direct investment flows into Vietnam are shifting to hi-tech sectors, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ha Van Hoi from the UEB-VNU has said.

On October 12, in Tan An city, leaders of Long An province solemnly held a meeting to celebrate Vietnam Entrepreneurs Day on October 13.

Despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the inflow of foreign direct investment into Vietnam still rose 4.4 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2021 to 22.15 billion USD.

Information from the Department of Industry and Trade, despite the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, the export turnover of enterprises in the province still maintained a positive growth.