Economy

The Industrial Parks in the southern province of Long An lured 127 new investment projects in the first ten months of 2018, increasing 10 projects compared to previous year.

After drastic fall, dragon fruit price has highly increased reaching VND18,000-20,000 a kilogram in Binh Thuan which is the country’s largest dragon fruit farming province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 17 hosted a reception for representatives of several prestigious US companies on the occasion of his attendance at the 26th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting.

Saltwater intrusion and water scarcity are issues attracting much public concern in recent days. The paradox is that water shortages and saltwater intrusion still occur during the rainy season.

Since early 2016, the district has paid compensation to nearly 1,400 households with the total amount of VND875 billion, cleared over 171 hectares of land to hand over to investors.

Vietnam may have to import gas from 2020 to produce electricity for the country’s socio-economic development, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Secretary of Long An province Party Committee and chairman of the provincial People’s Council, presided over a dialogue conference with residents about hi-tech agriculture in association with agricultural restructuring.

Vietnam has risen to the second largest farm produce exporter in Southeast Asia and the 15th in the world with agricultural, forestry and seafood products being exported to 200 nations and territories.

The Ministry of Transport has handed over five corporations under its management to the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises.

The 14th National Assembly adopted a resolution on adjustments to the medium-term public investment plan for 2016-2020 with 89.48% of votes during its ongoing sixth session on November 12.

The Europe Union is the Vietnam's largest importer of shrimp, accounting for 24.7% of Vietnam's total shrimp exports to markets across the world.

These days, sugarcane farmers have harvested 3,600 hectare; averagely, a farmer suffers loss of around VND15 million ($643) per hectare.