Local paper industry faces input cost challenges

Việt Nam’s paper industry has been facing difficulties in production due to the high cost of imported raw materials, though production has been stable since the start of this year.

VN, India eye greater trade in paper products

Trade in paper between Việt Nam and India is quite low and there is significant potential for growth, a meeting between Indian and Vietnamese paper companies heard in HCM City on February 9.

Paper plant pushes out ancient nipa forest

Despite the rich biodiversity embodied in a century-old nipa palm forest in provincial Bình Sơn, the province has approved the construction of a 87ha reservoir in providing water for a wood-pulp plant, VNT19, and other industrial projects in Dung Quất Economic Zone in Bình Sơn District.

In Việt Nam, ’bigness’ depends on more than size

VN, Slovenia to develop closer trade relationship The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) would support and facilitate business opportunities for Vietnamese and Slovenian firms in both countries, said Deputy Minister Ho Thi Thoa.

Wary investors leave pulp industry alone Viet Nam has yet to have a modern, large-scale pulp production chain, despite the approval of several projects, Vu Ngoc Bao, general secretary of the Viet Nam Pulp and Paper Association told Vietnam Economic Times .

Paper enterprises instructed to prepare for upcoming trade deals Domestic paper businesses have been urged to improve their products' quality and competitiveness when the country enters into Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), experts said.

Firms turn to agriculture alternatives While Viet Nam's property market is sluggish, Thu Duc Housing Development Corp has decided to invest in agriculture business as a subsidiary to the major business line, company chairman Le Chi Hieu told the Doanh Nhan Sai Gon (Sai Gon Entrepreneur) newspaper.

Japanese businesses seek investment opportunities Thirty-six Japanese businessmen from Ehime Prefecture will gather in HCM City today to look for business opportunities and work with 60 Vietnamese companies.

Vermont welcomes VN investors to seize opportunities Many investment chances are waiting for Vietnamese investors in the US in general and Vermont State in particular, according to participants at conference held yesterday in HCM City by the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).