Economy

“Salted roasted cashew nuts”, “Plain cashew nuts” and “White cashew nuts” have become the first to be recognised as 5-star OCOP products at the national level of the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

Timber enterprises were calling for support in terms of market information, requirements and consumer tastes to cope with declining exports which were pushing them into many difficulties from the beginning of this year.

The Ministry of Construction in collaboration with People's Committee of Can Tho City has just organized the "Prospects of infrastructure construction investment - Economic development of Mekong Delta" forum.

Thanks to a trend of hiking in coffee prices, experts have predicted that this year’s export revenue of this product may exceed last year’s record of US$4 billion.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia in coordination with the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Asia–Africa Market Department held a trade forum in Phnom Penh on June 7.

About 566km of expressways have been constructed since 2020, increasing the total length of highways in the country to 1,729km, according to a recent report from the transport ministry.

The export of durian and coconut is expected to hit 1 billion USD this year thanks to increasing demand from China, according to experts.

The price of dragon fruit in Long An province continues to increase since export is stabilizing, making growers excited about high profits.

The total inflows of foreign direct investment into Ho Chi Minh City from early this year to May 20 reached over 1.14 billion USD, down 13.5% annually, reported the municipal Department of Planning and Investment.

On June 2, the supervisory delegation of Provincial People's Council organized thematic supervision on improving the investment environment for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

On June 1, the supervisory delegation of Long An Provincial People's Council supervised the improvement of investment environment at Provincial Economic Zone Management Board.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade held a meeting with Vietnam Trade Offices abroad on May 31 to discuss ways to boost the exports of lychees and longans as many northern localities are harvesting the fruits.