Electricity consumption sets new record due to prolonged heat
09:30 | 25/06/2020 Industry
Scorching heat over the past few days has pushed Vietnam’s electricity consumption to its highest ever level with total loads at 38,300 MW on June 23, according to Vietnam Electricity (EVN).
PM orders recent hikes in household electricity bill under scrutiny
11:02 | 23/06/2020 Industry
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Electricity of Vietnam to review recent hikes in household electricity bill, stressing that mistakes that affect people’s rights must be avoided and violations, if any, must be strictly handled.
Database of Vietnamese manufacturing and supporting industries launched
06:25 | 22/06/2020 Industry
A launching ceremony for a database of Vietnamese manufacturing and supporting industries was held in Hanoi on June 19.
Leather, footwear sector takes steps to improve production
06:00 | 19/06/2020 Industry
(VEN)- The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso) are discussing how to encourage enterprises to take a proactive approach in the production chain. Vietnam Economic News’ Viet Nga interviewed Phan Thi Thanh Xuan, Secretary General of Lefaso, about this issue.
Textile, garment exports shrink from XL size
06:00 | 15/06/2020 Industry
(VEN)- Vietnam’s textile and garment industry is facing negative export growth for the first time in many years and is unlikely to achieve its US$42-billion export target in 2020.
Key rural industries in Tra Vinh Province benefit from promotion fund
13:00 | 13/06/2020 Industry
(VEN)- Tra Vinh’s rural industry has changed markedly over the past six years due to significant improvement of production capacity and product quality facilitated by the province’s industry promotion program.
Binh Dinh Province plans to boost industry promotion funding
13:00 | 12/06/2020 Industry
(VEN)- Based on seed capital of more than VND27.85 billion invested seven years ago, Binh Dinh Province has mobilized nearly VND106.11 billion of reciprocal capital for industry promotion from program beneficiaries.
EVN Hanoi eases heat for capital residents, business
06:18 | 12/06/2020 Industry
(VEN) - Power demand in the capital Hanoi is surging with temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius exacerbated by the greenhouse effect and concrete high rises. EVN Hanoi has provided adequate electricity supply to ensure production and business activity and to ease residents’ discomfort.
EVN discounts power bills to offset Covid-19 damage
17:16 | 11/06/2020 Industry
(VEN) - Nearly 30 million Vietnamese people affected by the Covid-19 epidemic have received a 10 percent discount on their utility bills.
Textiles, leather, footwear, produce first to benefit from EU trade deal
13:19 | 10/06/2020 Industry
(VEN) - Luong Hoang Thai, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department, talked with the media about the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and its role in the post pandemic economic recovery.
