Investment

Trong cụm văn bia phía Nam của Dục Thúy Sơn, khi ta dừng bước trước những bậc đá đầu tiên đã gần 700 năm tuổi trên đường lên đỉnh núi, mà gót chân của lữ khách đã mài nhẵn thín, từ xa ngước nhìn phía bên phải thấy một tấm bia nổi bật khắc ở vách núi với bốn chữ Hán cực lớn "Vũ trụ dĩ lai". Đó là bút tích của một gia đình khoa bảng: cha là Hoàng giáp Ngô Thì Sỹ và con là Tiến sỹ Ngô Thì Nhậm - cả hai khi ấy đều là quan chức đương triều thời vua Lê - chúa Trịnh.

Ninh Binh province earned 625 million USD in the first half of 2018, showing an increase of 15% compared to the same period last year, and achieving 50% of the annual plan.

In the first six months of 2018 the Vietnamese economy grew at its fastest first-half pace since 2011, creating many opportunities for the country to maintain its strong growth and meet the whole-year target of 6.7%.

Nine localities recorded over 10 percent growth in gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the first sixth month of this year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The government has urged the Ministry of National Defence and other agencies to approve the adjustment plan for the combined civilian and military Phan Thiet Airport in Binh Thuan province.

Vietnam has exported more than 15 million tonnes of cement in the first six months of 2018, a sharp increase of 50% over the corresponding period last year.

The export of forestry products in the first six months of the year reached US$ 4.15 billion, accounting for 46 percent of the yearly plan and up nearly 8.4 percent annually.

As many as 782,000 laborers were employed in the first half of 2018, equal to 99.6% of the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

With 15.8 percent growth in the first five months of this year to 93.09 billion USD, achieving export growth target of more than 10 percent for the whole year is feasible.

Trade revenue between Vietnam and G7 countries - France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Japan, the US and Canada - reached 113 billion USD in 2017,a according to the General Customs Department of Vietnam.

The Vietnamese agricultural sector should find out a right way of approach, consider market as the target and market standards as quality measurement to help agricultural products better meet both domestic and international market requirements.

Over 52,300 enterprises were formed nationwide in the first five months of the year, with a total registered capital of VND517 trillion (US$22.64 billion).

Export revenue of agroforestry-aquatic products hit US$3.2 billion in May, bringing the five-month figure to US$15.6 billion, up 9.9% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) poured US$2.32 billion into Vietnam in the first four months of 2018, accounting for nearly 30% of the inflow of investment in the Southeast Asian country.

The Hanoi People's Committee has approved a number of adjustments of the detailed planning for the city's hi-biotechnology park in Tay Tuu, Lien Mac, Minh Khai and Thuy Phuong wards, Bac Tu Liem district.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has approved a project in which Germany will provide EUR5 million to help Vietnam develop smart grids for renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Vietnam earned 1.1 billion USD from exporting 2.16 million tonnes of rice in the first four months of 2018, up 35.7 percent in value and 21.7 percent in volume.

More than US$8 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital was registered for investment in Vietnam in the first four months of this year, equivalent to 76.1% of the same period in 2017.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on April 22 to honour 77 enterprises which won the 2017 National Quality Awards and International Asia Pacific Quality Award (IAPQA).