Economy

Director of Long An Department of Industry and Trade - Le Minh Duc chaired a meeting to discuss solutions to ensure pork supply at the end of the year and Lunar New Year 2020.

Ho Chi Minh City should draft a master plan to develop its logistics sector, said Pham Thanh Kien, Director of the municipal Department of Trade and Industry.

The Russian Government always supports its businesses in increasing cooperation with Vietnam, especially in the fields of oil and gas and energy, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.

Favorable geographical location, along with creating an open investment environment, Long An has become one of the leading localities in the country in attracting foreign direct investment.

The Ministry of Finance has recently sent Dispatch No.14813/BTC-CST to competent ministries and sectors, suggesting cutting import on chicken and pork products.

Binh Duong province is studying a project to build a railway route that would extend from the province to Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces to transport goods in the southern key economic region.

According to information from the Long An Steering Committee 389, in November, its forces patroled, controled, confiscated 135,111 packages of smuggled cigarettes.

The provincial Steering Committee 389 informed that the functional forces detected and handled 11 cases of selling and trading fake fertilizers with no use value and utility from early 2019 to the present.

Farmers in Long An province often exchange and share agricultural production techniques as well as transfer scientific and technical advances with Cambodian farmers to produce more efficiently.

From the local budget, Can Duoc district of Long An province invested 2.5 billion VND in constructing the median strip and lighting system for National Highway 50 passing through Can Duoc town with a length of 1.2 kilometers.

Although Vietnam has made strides in bettering the business environment and competitiveness capacity, there’s still room for improvement, heard participants at a meeting held in Hanoi on December 6.

The Caravan program connecting Ho Chi Minh City investment in Long An, Tien Giang and Dong Thap provinces, took place from December 6 - 8.