The salt festival will also a platform for exchanging experiences and knowledge in production, processing and trading salt products and OCOP (One Commune, One Product) products across provinces.
Shinhan Bank Viet Nam (Shinhan Bank) has spent more than VND400 million (US$17,230) to support people affected by drought and salt water intrusion and the COVID-19 pandemic in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta through a range of meaningful activities.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued Circular No 04/2019/TT-BCT setting import quotas for salt, sugar and eggs for the period from April 17 to December 31, 2019.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Monday issued a circular on not applying import tariffs on salt and poultry egg products originating from ASEAN countries.
On the domestic market, salt price has been on the rise for a few consecutive days, while many salt farmers express their dissatisfaction at having ran out of salt supply during the price hike.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has limited import quota for industrial salt to only 102,000 tonnes in a bid to support domestic salt production, the ministry’s chemical department said.
Indonesia is allowed to import 1.4 million tonnes of salt this year because local supply failed to meet the demand of consumption and production, the Vietnamese Trade Office in Indonesia said.
Nine companies have registered to buy all 95,000 tonnes of salt
inventory from farmers in HCM City''s Can Gio District, according to the
city''s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The domestic food production industry has great potential for
development but local firms need to revamp production and study consumer
trends to compete with foreign rivals, experts say.
Viet Nam Chemical Group (Vinachem) and Vietnam Lao Chemical and Rock
Salt Limited Company (Vilachemsalt) yesterday in Ha Noi signed an
engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the joint US$450 million Viet Nam–Laos project to process salt in Khammouan Province in...