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Export of tuna is also forecast to continue growing well in the second half of the year in the US and China markets. However, the EU market will be difficult to predict because it depends on the results of EU inspections at the end of October regarding the implementation of recommendations against IUU exploitation. … [Read more...] about Overview of Vietnam’s seafood export in July

A party to celebrate Lunar New Year 2020 was celebrated at the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea. VNA/VNS Photo Huu Tuyen Although overseas Vietnamese labourers don't have many days off during the traditional Vietnamese new year holiday, they have their own ways to celebrate Tet. … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese feel Tet’s warmth far from home

As of October 20, 2019, 3,094 projects had received investment licences, an increase of 25.9 percent as compared with the same period last year. The cumulative newly-registered capital was 12.83 billion USD, equivalent to 85.4 percent of the corresponding time last year. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s FDI inflow up in ten months

At the beginning of this year, the board of directors of Oricombank (OCB) handed out documents to gather feedback from the bank’s shareholders on the stake to be offered to foreign investors, precisely Aozora Bank Ltd., to raise its chartered capital. A report released earlier showed that by December 9, 2019, Aozora had registered for buying almost 87 million OCB stocks out of the 118 million on offer, accounting for 11% of OCB’s chartered capital (equivalent to 9.91% of the total chartered capital after the issuance). The offer price would not be lower than the book value of each stock of OCB at the end of the quarter closest to the issuance date. … [Read more...] about Foreign banks may return soon

Hanoi (VNA) – The Malaysian government said on January 20 that the country will send back an additional 110 containers of plastic waste to source nations after having successfully returned 150. According to the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, 150 containers with estimated 3,737 metric tonnes of plastic waste had been returned to the source countries, mostly developed countries such as the US, the UK, Japan, Canada, Spain and France. Minister of Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Yeo Bee Yin said at a press conference at Butterworth Port in Penang state that the additional 110 containers to be sent back include 60 from the US, 15 from Canada and 14 from Japan, while others came from the UK, Belgium, Mexico, Hungary, France and Jamaica. The Minister said the containers had been sent back without the government incurring any costs, which had been borne by the companies responsible for importing the plastic waste … [Read more...] about Malaysia to send containers of plastic waste back to source countries