The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission has issued a warning against Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Ho Thi Kim Thoa for “serious violations” when she led the Dien Quang Lamp Company.
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) edged up 5.9 per cent in
October and 5.4 per cent in the first ten months of this year, driven by
an expansion in industrial manufacturing and processing.
More than 200 textile and garment companies are marketing their products
and services to both domestic and international customers at the Viet
Nam Fashion Fair that opened last Friday in HCM City.
Trade and investment relations between Viet Nam and Japan will see
strong growth in 2014 and 2015, Ho Thi Kim Thoa, deputy Industry and
Trade minister, said at a forum held yesterday in HCM City.
Viet Nam produces more than eight million tonnes of fertilisers a year,
meeting 80 per cent of demand, according to the Ministry of Industry and
Trade.
Viet Nam has the chance to reach a free trade agreement with the US
before other countries involved in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
due to its competitiveness, according to the Ministry of Industry and
Trade (MoIT).
Vietnamese leather and footwear exporters must become more competitive
to capitalise on a shift in demand from China to Viet Nam, advised
experts from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Confectionery production will see the highest growth in the food
technology industry, Vu Quang Hung, deputy head of the Ministry of
Industry and Trade''s Institute for Industry and Strategy Policies, has
said.