
(VEN) - In the first six months of this year, the People’s Committee of Tra Vinh Province provided over VND1 billion for industry promotion activities by the Department of Industry and Trade.

(VEN) - Khanh Hoa Province is seeking greater support from the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance for investment in technology demonstration models, advanced machine application in production, and infrastructure investment in industrial clusters in order to modernize rural industrial enterprises.

(VEN) - The industrial sector of Binh Duong Province has significantly progressed in recent years, but in order to ensure its sustainability, authorities are formulating policies to attract investment in support industry production.

(VEN) - Director of the Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Hoang Tien Dung told Vietnam Economic News’ Lan Anh & Ba Cuong that the willingness of domestic and foreign private investors to develop power projects without government guarantees is a plus in attracting power industry investment.

HCM City’s index of industrial production for the first seven months of the year declined by 5.5 per cent year-on-year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to its Department of Industry and Trade.

(VEN) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently in-principle approved to add the LNG gas-fired power project near Ke Ga Cape in the southern province of Binh Thuan to the National Power Development Master Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision towards 2045 (Power Development Master Plan 8). This project, together with the Thang Long Offshore Wind Power Project, will contribute to turning Binh Thuan into a national energy hub.

(VEN) - Banpu Public Company Limited, a leading integrated energy solutions company in the Asia-Pacific, is acquiring an operating wind farm, the Mui Dinh Wind Farm.

(VEN) - Consumers in the European Union are shifting their preferences for textile and garment products, with fast and cheap fashion gradually being replaced by environmentally friendly goods. This trend is expected to force domestic textile and apparel manufacturers to change their production methods accordingly.

(VEN) - On July 10, the PetroVietnam Song Hau 1 Power Project Management Board, together with contractors VINAINCON, LILAMA and member units of Vietnam Electricity (EVN), successfully powered up key components of the long-delayed Mekong Delta power plant toward its 2021 completion.

(VEN) - Pursuing comprehensive reform, the biggest, state-owned power corporation/group in Vietnam - Vietnam Electricity (EVN) - has implemented a digital transformation of its customer services, which are all performed online now as level-4 public services.

Trao đổi với phóng viên Báo Công Thương về định hướng phát triển ngành công nghiệp ôtô Việt Nam, Tiến sĩ Võ Trí Thành - Viện trưởng Viện Nghiên cứu Chiến lược thương hiệu và cạnh tranh - nhận định: Việt Nam cần phải theo xu thế chung, tham gia sâu vào chuỗi cung ứng toàn cầu, thúc đẩy thị trường tăng trưởng ổn định và dài hạn.

(VEN) - The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will help deepen the Vietnamese cashew sector’s involvement in global supply chains and increase its exports to the EU market. Vietnam Economic News’ Ha Duyen spoke about the export prospects with Dang Hoang Giang, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Vietnam Cashew Association (VINACAS).

Doanh nghiệp ngành thép đang kỳ vọng đạt mức tăng trưởng cao hơn trong nửa cuối năm, khi nửa đầu năm đã kết thúc với nhiều khó khăn do dịch bệnh.

(VEN) - The industry and trade sector of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province has undertaken to create a favorable business environment for businesses in keeping with government resolutions.

(VEN) - Dak Lak Province has greatly modernized its rural production with the support in both human and material resources of national and local industry promotion budgets.

(VEN) - Bac Ninh Province has gradually joined the global value chain over the past decade by realizing the key importance of its supporting industries and adopting policies to develop them.

(VEN) - Vietnamese supporting industry enterprises are implementing more effective capital use and restructuring as they reorganize to seize post Covid-19 opportunities.

Many private enterprises said they want to invest in building renewable energy infrastructure, but Việt Nam still lacks mechanisms to encourage private enterprises to participate in this activity.

(VEN) - Lam Dong is one of five Central Highlands provinces selected by the Ministry of Industry and Trade for a key three-year project to improve the productivity and quality of coffee processing by rural industrial establishments.

(VEN) - Electricity consumption in Vietnam recorded an all-time high of 38,800MW in June, according to the Vietnam Electricity (EVN), breaking the level of 38,147MW recorded in June 2019. EVN, the state-owned national power distribution company, plans to utilize multiple electricity sources to ensure sufficient power amid constantly rising demand and adverse climate change effects.

(VEN) - The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has adopted promotion plans for typical rural industrial products at regional and national levels.

(VEN) - Vietnam’s automakers import some 80 percent of their parts, raising car prices above those in neighboring countries. To lower locally manufactured car prices, Vietnam must reduce its reliance on imported parts and components.

The Gulf Energy Development PLC of Thailand has announced the purchase of two wind power farms worth about 200 million USD in Vietnam, in order to take advantage of low interest rates as it seeks projects with a quick return on investment.

Japan’s Sharp Corp said on June 30 that it plans to put into operation a solar power plant in Ninh Thuan, a province in south central Vietnam, in early July.