PM: Developing collective economy must start from people’s demand

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said developing the collective economy must start from the demands of the people.

Non-agricultural cooperatives struggle to receive loans

Less than 20 per cent of cooperatives are financially independent while access to credit and capital remains limited, accounting for under 1 per cent.

Cần Thơ to provide job training for ethnic minorities The Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ plans to spend VNĐ200 billion (US$8.6 million) on a vocational training and job creation programme for ethnic minorities this year.

VN loses out on global market without rice brand

Trung An Hi-tech Farming JSC in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has been exporting rice under foreign brand names for many years though it is itself one of the biggest rice exporters in Việt Nam.

Mỹ Tho named first-grade urban area

Mỹ Tho - the first city in the Mekong River Delta - is recognised to meet the standards of a first-grade urban area, including standards based on population scale, population density, labour rate in non-agricultural sector, infrastructure and scenery.

MoLISA mulls labour market plan Nearly VND104 trillion (US$4.7 billion) are needed for 10 projects to develop the labour market in the 2011-20 period, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Northern province making progress Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday led a government delegation working with northern Bac Ninh Province on the implementation of its economic development plan since 2006 - and the province's plan for the next five years.

$10.8b plan to boost infrastructure The Ministry of Construction has asked the Government for more than VND174 trillion (US$10.8 billion) to upgrade the infrastructure in 95 urban areas.