Dragon fruit prices at Chợ Gạo Dragon Fruit Co-operative in the southern province of Tiền Giang are increasing sharply, creating economic advantages for farmers.

More than 29,900 enterprises were established with total registered capital of nearly VNĐ396.5 trillion (US$17.44 billion) in HCM City in the first nine months of the year, according to the city’s People’s Committee.

The VASEP (Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers) Marine Product Committee and Vietnamese seafood processors and exporters on Monday promised to implement the EU’s demands on fighting IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing and the national action plan to combat IUU fishing.

The Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI) has proposed that the Prime Minister privatise State-owned hospitals to reform the healthcare system and improve the quality of healthcare services.

Many Vietnamese exporters are seeking new markets for tra (catfish) as they face new tariffs in the United States, long one of the biggest consumers of Vietnamese tra fish.

A high-rise boom in ever-growing HCM City is posing new management challenges for authorities, a construction official reported yesterday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will continue taking the lead in administrative reform, said Nguyễn Sinh Nhật Tân, head of the ministry’s Legal Department, on Monday.

Energy, high-tech agriculture and information technology are the new investment fields in which Vietnamese and Hungarian businesses wish to expand their cooperation for the near future, as the two sides discussed during yesterday exchange session of the Việt Nam - Hungary Business Forum.

The Government is concerned about the poor coordination and infrastructure undermining the major potential of Viet Nam’s 11 central provinces for the country’s economic growth, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huế told 500 business people and officials at the 2^nd Central Coastal Economic Forum in Đà Nẵng yesterday.