Manufacturing hub dreams manifesting with big moves 11:00 | 13/01/2021
Vietnam is pushing ahead in its mission to become the ideal manufacturing hub for overseas investors by taking advantage of a largely pandemic-free landscape and building on 2020âs successes.
On the last days of 2020, WHA Industrial Development Plc., a leading developer of industrial estates in Thailand, signed an MoU with Thanh Hoa Peopleâs Committee to develop two industrial zone (IZ) infrastructure projects at a total cost of $335 million in this north-central province.
The first, WHA Smart Technology Industrial Zone Thanh Hoa, will cover an area of approximately 600 hectares, plus an additional residential area of between 30-50ha. Meanwhile, covering around 540ha, WHA Northern Industrial Zone Thanh Hoa will target downstream industries including plastics, rubber, chemical and bio-chemical products, metal fabrication and foundries, building materials, automotive pa
Phase VIII of Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative to cover various matters 09:14 | 10/12/2020
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Duy Dong (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi - A range of issues, including those regarding working environments and the reform of State-owned enterprises and the stock market, will be included in the action plan for Phase VIII of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative.
At a meeting in Hanoi on December 9, the two countries reached consensus on the content of the action plan, which also covers matters relating to land and certain laws.
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Duy Dong described the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative as a special, effective cooperative form implemented by the two countries for the last 17 years.