March 16 - 23, 2015 EXPORTS - IMPORTS
Viet Nam and Turkey have agreed to raise the
two-way trade value to US$3 billion next year by accelerating exchange of key commodities and business penetration.(chinhphu.vn, Mar 18, 2015)
Quang Nam province started construction of Tam Thang Industrial zones infrastructure with total
investment of VND 360 billion(chinhphu.vn, Mar 24, 2015)
Me Linh province of Hanoi has just approved the fund for social house construction of specially disadvantaged household (moc.gov.vn, Mar 24, 2015)
People’s Committee of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa launched construction of the second
runway at Cam Ranh International Airport, which is currently facing overload(chinhphu.vn, Mar 16, 2015)
Jetstar Pacific will replace Viet Nam Airlines to exploit the air route between Ho Chi Minh City and Tuy Hoa city in the central province of Phu Yen since March 30 (chinhphu.vn, Mar 20, 2015)
From March 21, 2015, Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) will start to implement the construction of 4 bidding packages of Ben Luc – Long Thanh Expressway Project with total investment of US$ 1.608 billion including ADB loan of US$636 million and JICA loan of US$ 635 million(chinhphu.vn, Mar 20, 2015)
Quang Ninh province People’s Committee has decided to select Sun Group as investor of Quang Ninh airport under BOT form. Construction of this project will start on Mar 27, 2015 (chinhphu.vn, Mar 18, 2015)
An international conference will be held in Central Thua Thien-Hue province on March 24-25,
to seek ways to improve primary healthcare throughout the country (chinhphu.vn, Mar 19, 2015)
Budget collection of Thanh Hoa Department of Taxation from foreign investment increased 12
times in 2014 compared to that of 2011 (gdt.gov.vn, Mar 17, 2015) The two-way trade turnover between Viet Nam and Ecuador
reached US$659 million in 2014, up 83% against 2013, according to statistics released by the Central Bank of Ecuador (chinhphu.vn, Mar 23, 2015)
Viet Nam faced a trade deficit of US$1.21 billion over the past two months of 2015, which accounted for 6.1% of the export turnover, according to the Viet Nam Customs(chinhphu.vn, Mar 18, 2015)
Viet Nam earned US$3.4 billion from exporting apparels in the first two months of 2015, up nearly 18% against the same period last year, according to the recent statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade;
(chinhphu.vn, Mar 16, 2015)
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI)
FDI in Industrial Parks and Economic Zones reached US$112 billion as of 20 Mar 2015; In 2014, these IPs and EZs gained US$118 billion in revenue, up 18% against the previous year, and created 2.4 million jobs (chinhphu.vn, Mar 20, 2015)
CREDIT GROWTH
In the first two beginning months, credit growth achieved 0.68% which is assessed by State Bank of Vietnam to be positive for monetary and banking activities in 2015(chinhphu.vn, Mar 18, 2015)
OTHERS
Prime Minister has approved the plan to adjust the charter capital of Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to be VND 160,000 billion by the end of 2015 (chinhphu.vn, Mar 18, 2015)
TRANSPORT
TAX CONSTRUCTION ECONOMY
HEALTH
