NDO/VNA - Ten companies from the Vietnam Textile and Garment Association (VITAS) attended the Apparel Sourcing Paris, a leading European sourcing trade fair, in Paris from September 18-21, to seek trade partners. 

NDO/VNA – Four commercial banks signed a deal in Hanoi, on September 21, in which they agreed to provide VND5,400 billion (US$23.75 million) in credit for the expanded Vinh Tan 4 thermoelectric project. 

NDO – Budget revenue over GDP has fallen from 26.3% during the 2006-2010 period to 23.6% of GDP between 2011 and 2016, Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung has confirmed.  

NDO – Russian Gastro Week opened in Hanoi on September 21, bringing together more than 50 leading businesses from Russia that operate in agricultural processing, food and beverages. 

NDO - Hanwha Techwin from the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a ground breaking ceremony for the Hanwha Aero Engines Plant at the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi, on September 21, which is the first project of its kind in Vietnam.  

NDO – A workshop on promoting the Vietnam and Japan economic and trade cooperation was held in Tokyo, Japan, on September 20, gathering representatives from nearly 120 Vietnamese and Japanese enterprises. 

NDO - Japanese firm Sumitomo began construction on a new 213-hectare industrial park in Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc on September 21. 

NDO – The 17th Vietnam international agriculture fair, AgroViet 2017, officially kicked off on September 21 at the Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City, with the participation of over 200 domestic and international businesses. 

NDO/VNA – The first batch of Vietnamese dragon fruit has been exported to Australia by the Hoang Phat one-member Ltd Co in the southern province of Long An, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Long An authorities on September 20.  

NDO/VNA – Aeon Vietnam’s US$180 million shopping centre, in the northern port city of Hai Phong, is expected to begin operations by 2020 and welcome around 13 million customers each year, said General Director of the company Iwamura Yasutsugu.  

NDO – The Vietnamese Goods - Hanoi Fair 2017, organised by the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, will open on the evening of September 21 at the Agriculture Trade Promotion Centre, No.489 Hoang Quang Viet Street, Cau Giay district, Hanoi. 

NDO/VNA - Vietnam wants to attract more investment from the US, especially in finance, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told former US Secretary of the Treasury Tymothy Geithner, who is President of Warburg Pincus during a reception in Hanoi on September 20.  

NDO – The Departments of Industry and Trade, in collaboration with the Industry and Trade Information Centre, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade held a ceremony in Hanoi, on September 20, to honor 102 outstanding rural industrial products and open the trade fair on typical rural industrial products 2017. 

NDO - The Vietnam Climate Innovation Centre (VCIC) honoured the leading Vietnamese start-up businesses on September 20 for employing innovative approaches to addressing climate-related challenges in local communities.