Deputy Prime Ministry of Industry and Trade Cao Quốc Hưng has urged Vietnam Paper Corporation (Vinapaco) to move towards equitisation soon as there are many opportunities and challenges facing the industry this year.

The top 100 sustainable businesses in Việt Nam 2018 were announced at a ceremony held in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Việt Nam should have proper management policies on import and treatment of waste paper, a seminar was told yesterday.

The rising cost of paper materials caused by a fall in supply is presenting a challenge for the printing and paper industry, experts said at a conference held on August 30 in HCM City.

A capital shortage for local paper manufacturers could make them lose out to foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises in their own country, according to experts.

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.

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.

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.