September 7, 2023
Vietnam’s 2023 growth target ‘extremely difficult’ to reach says deputy minister
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Phuong Quoc Tran has told Vietnam News that reaching the government’s 6.5 percent GDP growth target by the end of the year will be challenging–at the end of June growth was at 3.72 percent. He says low demand is weighing heavily on exports and
Coffee price decline likely temporary
The Ministry of Industry and Trade’ Import-Export Department is anticipating that a recent decline in coffee prices will slow down, according to Vietnambiz. Vietnam is the world’s second largest coffee producer after Brazil. In the first half of 2023, coffee exports earned Vietnam US$2 billion.
Lack of, slow policy development may hinder wind power development in Vietnam
The Investor has a write-up of the Global Offshore Wind Report 2023 in which it highlights that a lack of timely supporting policy can be off putting to investors. Specifically, Vietnam introduced a policy a few years ago that would see wind farms completed by the end of 2020 paid
Japanese to build biomass plant in northern Vietnam
Japanese firm Erex is considering building a 50 megawatt biomass plant in Vietnam’s Bac Kan province, according to The Investor. This is alongside a number of other biomass power projects in neighbouring provinces. Under Vietnam’s Power Development Plan 8, approved earlier this year, biomass is slated to account for 2,270
Spanish football league to help develop football in Vietnam
Vietnamnet is reporting that the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the Spanish football league (La Liga) have signed an MOU in a first step toward the Spaniards providing training and talent development to the local league. Why it matters: Vietnam loves football but the local league has been plagued by
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