Investment

The Government has set deadlines for a spate of key transport and power projects, according to its latest resolution No. 69/NQ-CP dated September 13.

Fruit and vegetable exports in the first eight months of this year reached US$2.53 billion, down 5.8% year-on-year, according to the Agro Processing and Market Development Department (Agrotrade) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Steel exports generated US$1.93 billion in the first seven months of 2019, with the US remaining the largest importer of Vietnamese steel products.

Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) during the 2010-2017 period increased by 25.4% from previously announced data, according to results of a review by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Chuyên sáng tác về đề tài các danh nhân lịch sử, Anh hùng dân tộc, họa sĩ Hoàng Hoa Mai còn được biết đến là một trong những họa sĩ có nhiều tác phẩm thành công về Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh.

Ninh Binh has urged branches and localities to implement a host of drastic measures to streamline administrative procedures, and provide transparent information related to investment attraction, thereby helping remove difficuties faced by businesses, and especially improve the provincial competiveness index.

The Ministry of Finance plans to eliminate import taxes on auto materials and parts in order to support the development of the country's automobile industry.

Budget collection was a bright highlight in the first seven months of 2019 as it expanded three times higher than the average rate of VND 38,300 in the same period of previous years.

Vietnam's disbursement of official development assistance (ODA) and concessional loans in the first seven months of 2019 reached US$1.226 billion, official data has shown.

Trại sáng tác điêu khắc 2019 mang tên "Về với đá" vừa được tổ chức tại Xưởng điêu khắc Lương Gia (Ninh Vân, Hoa Lư) được xem là sự kiện nghệ thuật gây sự chú ý của giới mỹ thuật cả nước bởi nhiều nét độc đáo, ý nghĩa của nó.

Gold prices in Vietnam continue their upward trend in accordance with global prices, climbing to approximately VND42 million per tael.

Total development investment capital of northern Ninh Binh province reached VND 12.7 trillion in the past seven months of this year, increasing by 3.4% year-on-year, according to the provincial Department of Statistics.

The consumer price index (CPI) in July saw a month-on-month increase of 0.18% and a year-on-year growth of 2.44%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Government revenues in the first six months of 2019 were estimated at VND745.4 trillion (US$32 billion), equivalent to 52.8% of the target and up 13.2% compared with the same period of last year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a Resolution covering solutions to encourage and foster investment in sustainable and safe development of agriculture.

The National One Commune One Product Program (OCOP Program) with the overall goal of developing production and business forms in rural areas is a new driving force for rural economic development in Vietnam.

In the past few years, the northern province of Ninh Binh has focused efforts on improving administrative procedures and business climate as well as offering prioritized mechanisms to develop industrial clusters (ICs) to attract more investments into ICs.

Vietnam ranked 54th in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index 2019, with 71.1 points, moving up three steps from the 2018 position, according to a report issued by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

The northern province of Ninh Binh has moved to reduce the use of plastic bags as part of its efforts to protect the environment.