Industrial zones (IZs) in Hanoi attracted US$30 million in the first three months of this year, 2.5 times higher than the same period last year.
Intel Corporation, the world’s largest semiconductor chip maker, will open its 1 billion USD chip assembly and testing facility in Vietnam by the end of this month, an executive said.Intel’s investment in Vietnam is aimed at tapping growth opportunities in emerging Asia , Navin Shenoy, Intel’s general manager for Asia-Pacific, was quoted by The Wall Street Journal as saying on Oct. 14.
More than 30 Vietnamese leading scientists are divided in discussions in Hanoi on May 11 on the construction of a $55.8-billion railway project. Many, including Deputy Minister of Transport La Ngoc Khue, supported the project and said the project will make a breakthrough for the national economy.
Viet Nam earned nearly US $1.2 billion from exporting goods to Russia in the first 11 months of 2011, a year-on-year soar of roughly 60%, according to the General Department of Việt Nam Customs.
Vietnam has achieved an impressive economic growth in spite of the global economic downturn, according to a recent report by HSBC.
The Russian export duty on petrol is due to grow by 44%, to 408.3 dollars per one ton, as of May 1st. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an order to that end earlier today.