The rice storage of Song Hau Food Company in Can Tho city. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Up to 205 local traders nationwide were permitted
to export rice as of January 18, following a list released by the
Ministry of Industry and Trade’s
Per
the list, the Mekong Delta City of
Can Tho saw the highest number of
licensed rice exporters at 43. Ho Chi Minh City ranked second with 38
eligible
rice exporters, followed by the southern provinces of Long An, An
Giang and Dong Thap at 25, 20 and 18, respectively.
Other localities
with licensed rice exporters were Tien Giang and Hanoi with eight, Nghe An with
Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Government has been urged to develop a legal
framework for the Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Development Fund in
terms of direct lending, in addition to trust and in
direct lending services
provided through commercial banks, to provide broader access to soft loans by
According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, since the fund was
put into operation more than three years ago, it has helped SMEs enhance their operational
effectiveness, increase profits, and create more jobs. Many firms have paid off
loans early.
The fund was established by the Government in 2013 with a charter
In
2021, insurance companies can reach a larger group of potential customers
thanks to new exclusive
bancassurance contracts signed last year and the demand
for life insurance products remains good, according to the report.
Experts
also predict that if the COVID-19 pandemic is controlled and social distancing
lifted, insurers can recover their promotion activities such as meetings and
customer conferences as before.
Economic
recovery will also contribute to boosting non-life insurance. SSI expects GDP
growth to return to 6.5 percent in 2021 as economic activity recovers. As a
result, insurance in cargo, aviation and travel will be able to
achieve levels as high as they reached before the pandemic.
Software village at
Hanoi (VNA) – Politburo member and Secretary of Hanoi’s Party
Committee Vuong Dinh Hue asked
foreign hi-tech groups to consider investing in
the city’s existing industrial zones, including the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, while
receiving representatives from FDI enterprises operating in the high technology
industry on January 19.
Hue encouraged the Kinh Bac City Development Holding
Corporation (
KBC) to invest in industrial zones in Soc Son and Dong Anh
districts to attract more foreign businesses.
He expressed his hope that major technology groups will set
up search and development (R&D) and innovation centres in Hanoi in the way the
Design of the National Innovation Centre (Photo: baodautu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Construction of the
National Innovation Centre (NIC),
worth 740 billion VND (32 million USD), will be launched at Hoa Lac hi-tech
park on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 9.
The centre, covering an area of 35 hectares, is set up under the Prime
Minister’s Decision No.1269/QD-TTg to support and develop the nation’s
start-ups and
innovation ecosystems, contributing to the growth models based on
science and technology.
It is expected to house domestic and international
innovative businesses, laboratories, offices of large corporations, as well as
working place of leading experts and scientists.