(VOVworld) – The Central Highlands holds a strategic position in Vietnam’s socio-economic development, defense, and security. To maximize advantages and potentials for local socio-economic growth, Central Highlands provinces need to outline special preferential policies and mobilize greater investment resources for sustainable development.

(VOVworld) – The Vietnam-Korea Free Trade Agreement has been signed in Hanoi after more than 2 years of negotiations. With a strong commitment from Korea to open its market, Vietnamese businesses are likely to turn this into economic achievements.

(VOVworld) – The banking system restructuring has resulted in positive changes, the most notable involving bad debts and interest rates. This year, the sector has built on these achievements to curb inflation and stabilize the macro-economy.

(VOVworld) – In the first quarter of this year, Ho Chi Minh City’s total credit surplus expanded 2.3% against late last year and posted a year-on-year increase of 14%. This is a positive sign for the entire economy.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s agriculture is receiving an increase of domestic and foreign investment. To use the investment flow effectively, the Vietnamese government has promulgated mechanisms and policies to remove obstacles for businesses.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s earnings from border trading in the first months of this year have been encouraging. At border crossings like Lao Cai International Border Gate, exports and imports of agro-forestry products have seen high growth.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s ministries and provinces are focusing efforts to improve the business environment by stepping up administrative procedure reforms to help enterprises integrate and develop. The move is in line with a revised government resolution released last month under which Vietnam hopes to rank fourth in ASEAN in terms of business environment and national competitiveness in the 2015-2016 period.

(VVOworld) – Promoting investment and public private partnership (PPP) projects is extremely important, given the current economic difficulties. The cooperation model has opened up opportunities to mobilize capital from the private sector for infrastructure construction projects and lower the burden on the state budget. Creating favorable conditions for investors to implement PPP projects will boost the national economy.

(VOVworld) – Tuna is one of Vietnam’s top export items and widely praised for its high quality. But Vietnamese fishing relies more on experience than advanced equipment. Fishermen in the south central provinces of Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, and Khanh Hoa are restructuring their production and adopting Japanese fishing techniques in an effort to stimulate the region’s marine economy, which has long been its strong point, and open up a new direction for tuna exports.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam is the world’s second largest coffee exporter and leads the world in Robusta production and export. But Vietnam’s exported coffee remains in the form of unprocessed beans with no added value. This is an issue the government and the coffee sector are paying close attention to, hoping to improve the brand of Vietnamese coffee.