Day: September 15, 2022

Industrial parks and clusters in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang attracted more than 834 billion VND (35.4 million USD) in the first eight months of this year, according to the province People’s Committee.

Industrial parks and clusters in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang attracted more than 834 billion VND (35.4 million USD) in the first eight months of this year, according to the province People’s Committee.

This represents a four-fold increase year-on-year.

Industrial parks house 81 foreign and 29 domestic projects worth 2.25 billion USD and 2.37 trillion VND, which offer more than 93,000 jobs.

Nearly 92% of their total area has been leased.

Industrial clusters have attracted seven foreign and 73 domestic projects worth 153 million USD and 2.41 trillion VND, and offer more than 17,000 jobs.

Tien Giang has three industrial parks, My Tho, Tan Huong and Long Giang, and five industrial clusters, Trung An, Tan My Chanh, Song Thuan, An Thanh No.1, and Gia Thuan No.1.

It plans to build three more, Tan Phuoc No 1 and 2 and Binh Dong, besides 15 industrial clusters to meet demand.

Nguyen Van Vinh, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the plan is to further improve the investment environment, help businesses expand operations and speed up administrative reform.

Earlier this month the province announced a list of 59 projects and solicited investment in them by next year, he said.

The projects, which require 22.9 trillion VND, are in urban infrastructure, commerce and services, tourism, manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, education, and sports.

With trained workers accounting for half of its 1.1 million people of working age, the province has an abundant workforce.

More than 6,500 businesses are operating in the province, with 600-700 being established every year.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The 22nd Vietnam International Agricultural Trade Fair (AgroViet 2022) opened in Hanoi on September 15, featuring nearly 200 stalls.

The 22nd Vietnam International Agricultural Trade Fair (AgroViet 2022) opened in Hanoi on September 15, featuring nearly 200 stalls.

Themed “Connecting the value chain – Towards green agriculture and sustainable development”, it has attracted exhibitors from businesses and cooperatives across 36 cities and provinces nationwide. There are also 29 foreign exhibitors from Australia, Russia, Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, and New Zealand.

Diverse agro-forestry-fishery products on display include rice, coffee, tea, spices, canned vegetarian food, fresh fruit, and processed farm produce.

The fair is also showcasing different plants and flowers, as well as machinery and equipment used for agricultural production.

Addressing the opening ceremony, Nguyen Minh Tien, head of the Trade Promotion Centre for Agriculture – Agritrade, said the expo is an important annual trade promotion event for the agricultural and rural development sector.

According to Le Thanh Hoa, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Department of Agricultural Products Processing and Market Development, the event aims to develop hi-tech agricultural production, boost trade and expand connections between sellers and buyers.

It also provides a platform for cities and provinces nationwide to introduce their products and heighten the reputation of Vietnamese farm produce domestically and globally.

The event will run until September 18.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The latest technologies, equipment and products in the printing and packaging industry will be on display at the 20th Vietnam International Printing and Packaging Industry Exhibition (Vietnam Print Pack 2022) to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from September 21 to 24.

The latest technologies, equipment and products in the printing and packaging industry will be on display at the 20th Vietnam International Printing and Packaging Industry Exhibition (Vietnam Print Pack 2022) to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from September 21 to 24.

Speaking at a press conference on September 13, Tu Luong, deputy director of the city’s Department of Information and Communications, said the event would focus on technology trends and promote digital technology in the packaging and printing sector.

The annual four-day expo is expected to attract 135 exhibitors from 15 countries and territories, including Vietnam, China, Germany, Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, the UK and the US.

Covering an area of 8,500 square metres, the expo will feature 412 booths, displaying the latest printing machinery and accessories, inks, printing materials and supplements, knives, cutting disks, scorers, packaging machinery, raw materials and auxiliaries, and dosing, coding and marking systems.

Trade visitors will be able to meet hundreds of professionals in the packaging and printing sector during the exhibition.

The expo will also create a leading business exchange platform for digital printing technology.

The packaging and printing sector in Vietnam has seen impressive growth in recent years, thanks largely to high demand from processors and exporters, especially of food, he said.

Vietnamese packaging and printing enterprises should embrace digital transformation to upgrade their technologies to speed up recovery post pandemic, he said.

There will be a range of seminars and talks on digital transformation in the sector. A seminar on digital transformation in the printing industry will be attended by more than 300 domestic and foreign enterprises.

Organised by Yorkers Exhibition Service Vietnam Co., Ltd., the exhibition at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in District 7 is expected to attract more than 15,000 visitors.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The 17th International Exhibition on Products, Equipment, and Supplies for Medical, Pharmaceutical, Hospital and Rehabilitation, Pharmedi Vietnam 2022, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 14 with more than 350 exhibitors having 400 booths.

The 17th International Exhibition on Products, Equipment, and Supplies for Medical, Pharmaceutical, Hospital and Rehabilitation, Pharmedi Vietnam 2022, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 14 with more than 350 exhibitors having 400 booths.

The exhibitors include leading local brands and businesses from Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, Taiwan (China), Hong Kong (China), India, Turkey, the US, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

They have brought their latest products and technologies in pharmaceuticals, nutrition and supplements; dental, ophthalmological, dermatological, gynaecological, and obstetric equipment and devices; hospital and clinic facilities; assistive technologies and homecare devices; laboratory apparatus and equipment; and beauty product and equipment.

There are seminars and conferences held by the Ministry of Health, the Vietnam Pharmaceutical Association, Busan Economic Promotion Agency, and other organisations.

Speaking at its opening, Nguyen Dinh Anh, head of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Communications, Emulation and Reward, said the event, returning after two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, offers an ideal platform for Vietnamese and foreign professionals in the medical and pharmaceutical industries to meet and exchange experiences.

It also offers companies the opportunity to promote their products and expand their market, and seek investment, he added.

The exhibition at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre will go on until September 17 and expects to attract 10,000 visitors.

Another exhibition, the 2022 International Exhibition on Beauty Products, Technology and Services, or Vietnam Beautycare Expo 2022, is being held at the same venue from September 14 to 17.

The 2022 Vietnam Beautycare Expo showcases beauty products and technologies, including customised skin care and healthcare equipment, perfumes, spa and salon equipment, and skin, hair, nail and body care products containing pure PDRN, a core component of salmon DNA that helps skin regenerate.

Following the success of past editions of the expo held in Hanoi, the event this year promises to offer visitors a chance to exchange information with and experience products directly from companies from Switzerland, Greece, the RoK, Japan, and others.

The Gobiz Korea pavilion allows visitors to visit and experience through VR more than 1,000 Korean products for skin care, makeup, hair care, and body care.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

A forum was held in Hanoi on September 15 to boost farm produce consumption connectivity in the Netherlands and Northern Europe.

A forum was held in Hanoi on September 15 to boost farm produce consumption connectivity in the Netherlands and Northern Europe.

Director of the Trade Promotion Centre for Agriculture Nguyen Minh Tien said Vietnam’s exports to Northern Europe and the Netherlands are impressive, especially rice, coffee, fruit and cashew nuts.

However, Vietnamese farm produce in the European Union only accounts for 4-5% of the 160 billion USD the bloc’s imports.

Vietnamese Commercial Counsellor in Sweden Nguyen Thi Hoang Thuy said that Nordic people are increasingly favouring organic products that have less impact on the environment. They are also eating less meat and consuming more seafood and meat substitutes. Therefore, products with high protein content which could replace meat are easily accepted.

She asked firms to pay attention to environmental protection, the circular economy, sustainable production with social responsibility, and fair trade if they want to conquer Northern Europe. She suggested they focus on healthy, safe, organic, new, convenient and specialty products.

Director of VIEC Company based in the Netherlands Nhu Nguyen advised the Vietnamese enterprises to outline long-term strategies, promote marketing, and fully grasp the consumption and business culture of foreign partners

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Over 200 modern and traditional designs of applied fine art works by 138 authors throughout the country are on display at the 5th National Fine Arts Exhibition.

Over 200 modern and traditional designs of applied fine art works by 138 authors throughout the country are on display at the 5th National Fine Arts Exhibition.

The works are finalists selected from 538 entries to a competition launched more than four months ago which saw the participation of 183 authors from 25 localities in the country.

Addressing the exhibition’s opening ceremony on September 13, culture deputy minister Ta Quang Dong admitted that the competition is a big cultural event hosted by the ministry and other concerned agencies to praise creative results by domestic artists in the past three years.

“The event encourages and orientates artists to create and design products with applicability and aesthetic values,” he said. “The event also helps enhance the connection between designers, handicraft artisans, producers, distributors and customers.”

The organisers awarded two sets of prizes including 22 prizes to the most distinguished works of two categories, namely creative design and applicable products.

The creative design prizes include a first prize, two second prizes, three third prizes. The first prize of 30 million VND (1,269 USD) in cash went to the group of Le Thi Thu Thao, Bui Hanh Luu and Tran Thi Le Quyen (from Hanoi FPT University) for the work titled “Unzipped – Support Teenagers on Genders and Prevent Sexual Abuse”.

In the applicable product category, there was no first prize awarded while two second, four third and five encouragement prizes were given.

Two second prizes, each worth 20 million VND were given to Le Duy Duc (from the northern province of Son La) with a work titled Co Tu Mon (Gate of Old Pagoda) and Nguyen Van Tinh (from Hanoi) with a work titled Binh Hoa Dan Tre (Flower Vase made by Bamboo Knitting).

Deputy Minister Dong said this is a chance for art lovers to see a variety of materials, forms of creation, diversity in graphic art and product design.

“Artists have various fresh ideas and designs with the most up-to-date technology trends and diverse ways of expressions aiming to community benefit,” he said.

The official highlighted that the applicable product category has various products based on a traditional handicraft foundation.

“The two categories reflect the present life of Vietnamese applicable fine arts, with traditional values going along with technology development and international design trend,” he said.

The exhibition will run until September 27 at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

There remains room to advance trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and Indonesia, with the latter being a potential export market of the former in the ASEAN region, according to speakers at a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 15.

There remains room to advance trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and Indonesia, with the latter being a potential export market of the former in the ASEAN region, according to speakers at a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 15.

Co-organised by the municipal Investment and Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) and the Indonesian Consulate General, the event aimed to promote trade between the nations.

Tran Phu Lu, deputy head of the ITPC, said the countries’ collaboration is growing strongly and recommended the sides develop an action programme to implement their strategic partnership for 2024-2028 with the aim to push bilateral trade to 15 billion USD by 2028.

In 2021, Indonesia was Vietnam’s 12th largest trading partner. Bilateral trade turnover hit 11.4 billion USD, up 40% year-on-year and exceeding the 10 billion USD goal set by the two in their action program for conducting their strategic partnership for 2019-2023. The figure stood at 8.073 billion USD in the first seven months of 2022, an annual increase of 23%.

Indonesian Consul General Agustaviano Sofjan affirmed trade is a strong point that Indonesia wishes to cooperate in with other countries, especially Vietnam.

The promotion of economic and trade cooperation between nations not only benefits them but also contributes to a stable economic environment in the ASEAN region, he stressed.

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hang from the Halal Certification Agency – HCA Vietnam said Indonesia is a potential market for Vietnamese exporters, especially those that produce quality products and obtain Halal certification.

Indonesia’s consumption market of Halal products reached 220 billion USD in 2018, and is expected to exceed 330 billion USD by 2025, she added.

Source: Vietnam News Agency