NDO/VNA – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat, on August 14, to discuss the development of high-tech agriculture in Lam Dong province. 

NDO – Despite remarkable achievements in export activities, it is time to develop a new, sustainable, and effective export strategy for restructuring and maintaining positive economic growth, amidst increased challenges from both home and abroad, economist Vu Dinh Anh has suggested. 

NDO/ VNA –Chairman of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Vo Thanh Thong on August 13 held a working session with a Japanese delegation to discuss cooperation opportunities in agriculture and personnel training in the sector. 

NDO - Vietnam and Indonesia should step up their cooperative efforts in order meet the bilateral trade target of US$10 billion by 2020, Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh informed his Indonesia counterpart Enggartiasto Lukita.  

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to hire foreign consultants in order to consider the expansion of the Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh City without any limitations in the land use planning.  

NDO – The State budget collection total, in the first seven months of this year, was estimated at VND666.7 trillion (approx. US$29.3 billion), an increase of 11.6% over the same period last year.  

NDO/VNA – A delegation of almost 20 Vietnamese businesses from various sectors has visited Bangladesh in order to boost trade partnership with the South Asian nation, in the first trip of its kind held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in the last five years.  

NDO – The Chi Lang Custard Apple Festival took place for the first time in the northern province of Lang Son on August 11-12, with the aim of advertising the locality’s famous fruit specialty to both domestic and international markets.  

NDO – Promoting hi-tech solutions whilst improving product quality is the key to the sustainable development of Vietnam's livestock industry, in the integration period, experts have suggested.  

NDO – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) coordinated with the Lang Son Provincial People's Committee to organise a forum in the northern border province of Lang Son on August 11, to discuss the necessary measures to promote vegetable and fruit trade between Vietnam and China. 

NDO – The East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) International Trade, Investment and Tourism Fair opened in the central city of Da Nang on August 11, gathering nearly 200 businesses and organisations from localities nationwide, as well as from foreign countries. 

NDO/VNA – The Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) organised a seminar in Hanoi on August 10 to discuss the world’s automobile industrial complexes and lessons for Vietnam, as part of activities to realise the government’s plan to turn the automobile industry into a key economic sector. 

NDO/VNA – The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) signed an agreement with the Binh Son Refinery and Petrochemical Co Ltd (BSR), on August 10, to cooperate in boosting sales of petroleum products produced by the Dung Quat Refinery.