VietNamNet Bridge – Thai investors, who have been making huge investments in Vietnam, are expected to expand their investment in the country in the time to come. A supermarket of Thailand in HCMC. TCC, which has been in the news recently, for example, has acquired Metro Vietnam and Phu Thai Group.
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People wade through flood water in Minbu, Magway region (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)The Thailand-Myanmar Business Council has confirmed that Thai businesses in Myanmar are unaffected by the flood disaster. President of the Council Panitan Pawarolarnwitthaya disclosed that Thai investments in the neighbouring country remain intact. Many are in the commercial city of Yangon, away from flood-hit areas. Flash floods and landslides in Myanmar have killed at least 46 and affected more than 210,000. According to President Thein Sein, the flood disaster grips the states of Chin and Rakhine, as well as the Sagaing and Magway regions in the western and central parts…... [read more]
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Quang Tri province has attracted three Thai investment projects with a total investment of 191 billion VND in the Lao Bao Open Economic Zone, bringing the zone's total investment to over 400 billion VND. The two largest projects, each valued at 75 billion VND, specialise in producing motorbike inner-tubes and tires and spare parts for bicycles and motorbikes. The third project with an investment of 41 billion VND is to produce drinks. The zone is expected to handle over 1 million tonnes of exports and imports worth 270 million USD annually. The 15,804 ha trade zone, which costs roughly 510…... [read more]
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The Second Thai Nguyen - Vietnam Tea Festival 2013 is set to open in three days from November 9 to 11 in four places: The Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups, Nui Coc Tourist Site, Dinh Hoa Tourist Site, and some tea-growing areas like Tan Cuong, La Bang, Trai Cai, and Diem Mac. Major activities include tea seminars, tea production promotion, tourism development, tea cultural festival, and beauty pageant. Apart from the above major contents, the festival also has supporting events like photo shows, artwork galleries, book exhibitions, and tea exhibitions. Gia Phuc... [read more]
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HA NOI (BizHup)– The Ministry of Planning and Investment and Hanoi Female Entrepreneur Association will hold the Green Invest Vietnam 2013 forum at Grand Plaza, Ha Noi on June 4.The event aims to encouraging enterprises to pursue ‘green' solutions in investment, production development and services challenges.Participants will get an overview of efforts to ensure Vietnamese and foreign companies are environmentally friendly as well as find out about the Government's policies on natural resources, the environment and climate change.Attending the event will be representatives from related ministries and sectors, domestic and foreign enterprises and foreign organisations. -- VNS ... [read more]
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A whirlwind triggered by the Haima typhoon as it approached Vietnam Thursday killed two and injured 79 others in the northern city of Hai Phong, according to the national flood and storm control agency. The spinning column of air also damaged over 1,000 houses in the city's An Lu Commune, Thuy Nguyen District, the Central Steering Committee for Floods and Storms Prevention said in a report posted on its website Friday. Le Minh Luat, secretary of Thuy Nguyen's Party Unit, told Thanh Nien that the whirlwind swept the commune at around 5.20 p.m.. One of the victims was a 25-year-old…... [read more]
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