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Nam Viet to open 90,000 tpa seafood processing line

28 | 08 | 2007

Nam Viet Seafood Export Joint Stock Co recently announced that it invested 500 billion dong to build a seafood producer with an output of 90,000 tonnes a year in the southern province of An Giang.

Rubber exports bring in US$670m in Jan-Jul

28 | 08 | 2007

Vietnam’s rubber exports reached 60,000 tonnes worth more than US$123 million in July, rising 12.23% in output and 12.27% up in value month on month, but down 8.5% in output and 13.76% in value against last July.

Số liệu kinh tế vĩ mô Quý II

28 | 08 | 2007

Chỉ tiêu

Quý II/2007

GDP

493455

GTSX NN, LN, TS

87932,0

Sản lượng TS

19198

GTSX CN

275121

Xuất khẩu

22540

Nhập khẩu

27193

Mức BLHH&DVXH

335618

Số khách đến VN

2.117466

Vốn ĐT XDCB

41798,4

CPI

100,9

FDI

9134047

TGHĐ

16097

Coffee association mulls joining Chicago Mercantile Exch

28 | 08 | 2007

The ambition to bring Vietnamese coffee to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the world’s biggest forward trading floor, could become a reality after the government agreed to the plan on putting Vietnamese coffee in CME transactions

Pepper crop yield forecast to fall up to 20%

28 | 08 | 2007

Vietnam’s pepper output is estimated to hit 80,000-90,000 tonnes this year, down 10-20% over 2006, mainly due to unfavourable weather conditions and pests. The world’s top pepper exporter, Vietnam exported 51,000 tonnes worth US$153 million in the first seven months of this year, down 42.3% in volume but up 17.6% in value over the same period last year, according to the country’s General Statistical Office.

Aquatic breeding centre to be built in Mekong Delta

28 | 08 | 2007

The Fisheries Ministry is to pour more than 35 billion VND to build a centre transferring aquatic breeding techniques to farmers in Mekong Delta Soc Trang province.

Russia satisfied with Vietnamese seafood’s safety

28 | 08 | 2007

Russia has said that Vietnamese seafood safety and hygiene standad in the country’s processing plants are not a cause for concern, according to the National Fisheries Quality Assurance and Veterinary Directorate (NAFIQAVED).

Foreign investors not keen on Vietnam’s agriculture

28 | 08 | 2007

Vietnam has attracted US$63.7 billion of registered capital from foreign investors and $30 billion has been disbursed; only $3.78 billion (5.6% of the total) and $1.9 billion are the respective figures for agriculture.

US$31.2 million seafood processing factory

28 | 08 | 2007

The Nam Viet Seafood Export Joint Stock Company in southern An Giang province has invested 500 billion VND (US$31.2 million) to build a seafood processing factory

Coffee growers target Chicago

28 | 08 | 2007

Chairman of Viet Nam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA) Van Thanh Huy and Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Luong Le Phuong met on Aug. 22 to discuss measures to list Vietnamese coffee enterprises on an international trading exchange.