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Nguyen Huynh Trang, deputy director of the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade, speaks at the seminar to introduce the Vietnamese Goods Week in Thailand in October. — VNS Photo Xuan Huong Thai-owned MM Mega Market Vietnam and Big C in Thailand will organise their first ever Vietnamese Goods Week in Thailand in October. Speaking at a seminar held to introduce the event in HCM City yesterday, Nguyen Huynh Trang, deputy director of the city Department of Industry and Trade, said the event would feature 100-150 booths. They would showcase regional specialities, the city’s key products and those with high export potential such as processed foods, handicrafts, office supplies, apparel, interior products, household utensils, farm produce, and seafood, Trang said. The booths would be free and the cost of setting up and decorating them would also be borne by the BJC Group – which owns Big C in Thailand and MM Mega Market Vietnam, she said. There will be B2B meetings … [Read more...] about HCM City to organise first Vietnamese Goods Week in Thailand

Read what is in the news today. Politics -- The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a get-together in the city on Friday to celebrate the 92nd National Day of Thailand (December 5). Society -- A deadly house fire on Vo Thi Nho Street in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City on early Saturday morning killed two women and a two-year-old child. Business -- A number of copycats of ST25, a variety of Vietnamese fragrant rice which was awarded the 'World's Best Rice' title this year, have shown up on the market in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta region with unclear quality and origin, leaving consumers confused. -- The organizers of the sixth consecutive edition of ‘Online Friday’, an online sales program initiated by the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency since 2014 on every first Friday of December, estimated that the event has brought in VND2.5 trillion (US$108.6 million) by the end of Friday. -- Fahasa, a popular book distributor in … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 7

Vietnam's emerging startup scene is proving to be a case of right place, right time for local and international venture capital funds. Eleven “rising star” startups in Southeast Asia in September converged at the “500 Startups Demo Day” in Ho Chi Minh City to spotlight the dynamic technology landscape in Vietnam and broader Southeast Asia. “There’s more hype about Vietnam’s tech scene now than ever before, as this is an exciting time for Vietnam overall,” said Mr. Eddie Thai, General Partner at 500 Startups Vietnam. “Vietnam is fast becoming an attractive destination for local and international venture capital funds, who are hoping to capture the growing consumer opportunities and leverage the Vietnamese entrepreneurial spirit.” Rising appetite Vietnam’s startup sector is growing at a rapid clip despite the global economic slump and is closing the gap with regional leaders. In only two years, it has made a big leap … [Read more...] about Startups catching the eye

David Saiia, co-founder and CEO of Reuse Everything Institute, suggests reusing plastic rather than recycling it Editor’s note: David Saiia, co-founder and CEO of Reuse Everything Institute, Inc. (REII), an NGO dedicated to developing and promoting better resource use including the reuse of plastic waste, discussed Vietnam’s plastic problem in an email interview with Tuoi Tre News. Saiia, who holds a Ph.D. in strategic management, is currently a visiting professor in the faculty of international education of Duy Tan University in the central city of Da Nang, where he has lived for three years. From the point of view of an environmentalist, could you share with us why plastic is bad for the environment? Plastic is a persistent waste product that takes a very long time to biodegrade. Plastic presents an immediate threat to marine life when it is mistaken for food and eaten, causing death by choking and digestive obstruction. Plastic continues to break down into … [Read more...] about ​Vietnam should make plastic material too valuable to throw out: expert

    Visitors check information on products at the fair. — VNS Photo HÀ NỘI – Nearly 80 specialties from the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai are being displayed at the Lào Cai agricultural and OCOP products exhibition which began on Friday at the Big C Thăng Long supermarket in Hà Nội. The three-day event is part of efforts made by the province and Big C, Central Group Vietnam, to introduce safe and high-quality products from other regions to the capital city’s citizens, as well as helping promote “One Community One Product” (OCOP) programme and grow local businesses and farmers. On display are 45 OCOP products certified with three to five stars such as Séng Cù rice, Thẩm Dương glutinous rice, sausages, dried pork, smoked buffalo meat, cabbages, chayote, kohlrabi, mushrooms, Mường Khương chili sauce, dried bamboo shoots, medicinal herbs, tea, wine, … [Read more...] about Capital gets to taste Lào Cai Province’s local specialties