Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s southern largest economic hub, attracted 203
foreign direct investment projects with a total capital of 713 million USD in
the first seven months of this year.
The government of Vietnam
expects to tame inflation absolutely below double digits this year as consumer
prices in the first six months increased 2.68 per cent, economists said at a
conference held in Hanoi
recently.
The US company WorleyParsons will
provide the consultancy for the engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) of the thermo-electric power plant Vung Ang 1, in
the central province of Ha Tinh.
Nguyen Huu Dat, director of Post-Import Plant Quarantine Center II under the
MARD announced that more than 10 tonnes of blue dragon fruits will be shipped
by sea and the remaining by air.
The
Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has
officially raised its coal production target by 3 million tonnes to 43
million tonnes this year.