Investment

Disbursement of existing foreign direct investment (FDI) recorded a year-on-year rise of 5% to hit US$4.2 billion in the first four months of this year, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency.

A delegation led by Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat attended the Asian Development Forum that opened on April 19 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Ninh Binh province was ranked 11th inthe 2014 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI),scoring 60.75 points, as announcedby the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on April 16.

American enterprises have invested in 17 out of 21 industries in Vietnam with the majority in the accommodation and food service industry, the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment announced on April 14.

Budget revenues were estimated at VND226 trillion (USD10.5 billion) in the first quarter, up 10.3 percent year on year and meeting 24.8 percent of collection plans, according to Deputy Finance Minister Vu Thi Mai.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for efforts to exceed the growth target of 6.2% for the whole year, as economic expansion in the first quarter beat expectations.

The Vietnamese economy grew 6.03 percent within the first quarter compared to that of 2014, the highest figure in a positive Q1 growth trend maintained from 2011 through 2014, unveiled the General Statistics Office (GSO) on March 26.

Tác giả Lương Xuân Lâm quê tại Yên Thành, Yên Mô trong một gia đình không ai gắn bó với nghề ảnh. Mối duyên đưa anh đến với ảnh nghệ thuật cũng thật đặc biệt.

The Law on Investment (revised), which was officially passed during the 18th session of the 13th National Assembly, is expected to give a strong boost to the country's business environment and economic restructuring.

One hundred businesses were honoured at the 2014 Vietnamese top products and services brand awards at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 15.

Ninh Binh made an export turnover of over 750 million USD in 2014, which showed a year-on-year rise of 24.4 percent and 150 million USD higher than the yearly plan, according to its Department of Industry and Trade.

The total value of retail sales for goods and services in February was estimated at over VND276 trillion (US$12.97 billion), up 3.7% over the previous month.

The number of newly established enterprises in February was 6,899 with their combined registered capital estimated at VND45.8 trillion (US$2.15 billion), up 44.6% from the previous month.

Vietnam's export revenue from agro-forestry-fishery products has been estimated at US$1.78 billion in February and around US$4.18 billion for the first two months of 2015, a 1.9% decrease in comparison with the same period last year.

Vietnam's index of industrial production (IIP) grew by 12% in the first two months of this year over the same period last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported late last week.

Vietnam's agricultural sector aims to earn US$32 billion from the export of produce in 2015.

Following recent plunges in fuel prices, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in January dropped by 0.2 percent against that of December 2014, a record low over the last ten years.

The Prime Minister has decided to spend an additional VND321.6 billion (US$15.1 million) from the State budget on rice field development and protection.

The agriculture and rural development sector has obtained impressive results in 2014 with export turnover of nearly US$31 billion, a year-on-year increase of 11.2%.