The businesses, including the Imex Pan-Pacific Group (IPP Group), Truong Hai Automobile JSC, Phu Nhuan Jewelry JSC and Unilever Vietnam International Company Limited, account for only 0.43 percent of the city’s total, but contributed 45 percent of the customs sector’s budget collection, or VND 48.5 trillion (USD 2.13 billion). Deputy head of the department Dinh Ngoc Thang appreciated the businesses’ cooperation with the customs sector, affirming that they have made effective recommendations to help the sector gradually improve its policies and mechanisms. Deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department Dinh Ngoc Thang presents flowers and certificates of merit to representatives of businesses. Source: baohaiquan.vn Thang pledged that the department will continue facilitating the implementation of customs procedures at border gates, disseminate new legal documents and regulations to enterprises. It will exert efforts to fight goods smuggling and trade fraud, and to create a favorable business and healthily competitive environment for businesses. IPP Group President Johnathan Hanh Nguyen stated that the customs sector of Ho Chi Minh City carried out numerous modern management programs to create favorable conditions for import-export enterprises and people. He stressed the need for the sector to take more measures to prevent fake and smuggled products in order to protect true businesses which contribute much to the city’s budget. Source: VNA
(VOVworld)- Ho Chi Minh City’s Youth Union held a ceremony to honor and present Pham Ngoc Thach awards to 29 outstanding young physicians, who have contributed significantly to the health care sector. HCM City’s physicians honored with Pham Ngoc Thanh award Physician Do Thi Ly works at Ho Chi Minh City Traditional Medicinal Institute: "I had an initiative that helps patients save time of waiting and the hospital save materials. I always want to contribute to the hospital and devote to the patients. The award is a great honor for me". This is the fourth time the biennial Pham Ngoc…... [read more]
To develop the software industry is considered as an important strategies and one of the major programme of Ho Chi Minh City as this industry is of great potential, which may help the city to promote its economic restructuring and prepare for a knowledge economy. In fact, the industry's development in recent years remained slow. Dr Le Truong Tung, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Information Technology Association, said that the city had around 372 software enterprises but only one of them, TMA Company, had over 500 programmers, four others had between 300 and 500 programmers and eight enterprises…... [read more]
NDO – Ho Chi Minh City should improve transport infrastructure and facilitate human resource training, especially high-skilled human resources, to further attract foreign investment, suggested foreign firms at a meeting with the city leaders on March 4. The event gathered representatives from nine business associations and 70 foreign firms representing more than 5,000 FDI businesses operating in the city. The city leaders appreciated the role of FDI enterprises in promoting the economic development of the locality. Currently, HCM City leads the nation in attracting foreign investment with more than 5,300 projects totaling over US$36 billion. In 2014, FDI attraction saw…... [read more]
The Ho Chi Minh City Cinema Association recently announced prizes to artists and films for 2013. These annual awards aim to encourage and honor contributions to the industry. Winning films include Co Biec (Emerald Green Grass) directed by Nguyen Quoc Hung and produced by HCMC Television Studios, Song Dai (The Long River) directed by Truong Dung and produces by Song Vang Company, Thuyen Giay (Paper Boat) directed and produced by Nham Minh Hien and M&T Pictures. Winning documentary films include Dong Thap Muoi -The Legendary Guerilla Base by director PhamXuan Nghi and HCMC Television Studios, and Co Mot Co Hoi…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - After many explosions, columns of smoke of hundreds of meters high rose from a depot next to the Linh Trung Export Processing Zone in Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City at noon of November 28. More than 200 policemen had to break the wall, moved the entire containers to have space for combating the fire. At noon of November 28, workers at the depot of the Green Logistics Center, National Highway 1A, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, heard explosions and saw the fire outbreaks. They used mini fire extinguishers to stamp…... [read more]
