The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has just issued Document No. 9608/BCT-DL, dated December 16, 2019, to the People's Committees of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government and the Electricity of Vietnam, on stopping proposals and agreements for solar power projects (SPPs) under Feed in Tariff (FIT) mechanism. According to the document of MOIT, after Decision...

According to information from the Asia-Africa Market Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), Mr. Dang Hoang An Deputy Minister of Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) had a meeting with Mr. Tanimoto Masayuki - Managing Director, and Director of Global Finance of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). Deputy Minister Dang Hoang An receives Mr. Tanimoto Masayuki at MOIT head...

HortEx Vietnam is the biggest exhibition and conference for Horticultural and Floricultural Production and Processing Technology in Vietnam, co-organized by Nova Exhibitions BV (The Netherlands), VEAS Co., Ltd (Vietnam) and China Great Wall International Exhibition Co., Ltd. Ever since its first launch in 2018, HortEx Vietnam has experienced two successful editions and achieved impressive results and received the strong attention and positive...

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has just signed a Decision for approving the content of ‘The National Energy Master Plan in 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050’. In principle, the Government requires that the national sector planning must be suitable with the overall national master plan and national land use plan. Therefore, the content of the National Energy...

Vietnam’s booming economy and surging domestic retail sector is creating big opportunities for contract logistics players. According to Hamza Harti, country managing director for French 3PL FM Logistic, while e-commerce is a driver of warehousing and logistics demand, it’s not the major factor. “Most of the growth is from traditional retail, which has been our main focus,” he said on the sidelines...

Demand from Vietnam’s booming manufacturing and e-commerce sectors has created a spike in warehousing rents and occupancy across the country. John Campbell, national head of industrial at Savills Vietnam, says warehousing demand has grown significantly in southern Vietnam’s key industrial centres in Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces, in part due to the US-China trade war. For example, during the first-half...

30 The high cost createspressurefor business The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just announced the Vietnam Logistics Report in 2019, in which the special feature of this year's report compared to previous years is that the Ministry of Industry and Trade has dedicated a chapter to evaluate logistics topics for agricultural products. The actual survey at the export enterprises of agricultural...

On November 26, 2019, The Vietnam Report in coordination with VietnamNet Newspaper to announce VNR500 Ranking List- Top 500 Largest Enterprises in Vietnam in 2019. Among Top 10 of the Ranking List, there are three enterprises in the leading position by order as: 1- Thai Nguyen Samsung Co Ltd. Electronics, 2- Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and 3- Vietnam Oil...

The Vietnamese dairy company won in the processed food category under the large corporate group. Singapore Business Review and Hong Kong Business hailed Asia's leading exporters and their award-winning products and services at the recently concluded Asian Export Awards 2019. On its second year, the awards programme lauds exceptional products and services that have remarkably enhanced a company's business in the regional export scene. This...

At the commemoration of "30 years of the first ship of Hon Gai Anthracite coal for iron and steel production in Japan”, a working meeting between the leaders of Vietnam National coal and mineral industries Group (Vinacomin) and Japan iron and steel companies. At the meeting, Japanese iron and steel companies expressed desire to import high quality coal of Vietnam...