Business Beat (16-11-2009) India tipped to import Viet Nam rice by Le Hung Vong Viet Nam will be able to meet India’s reported intention to import 2 to 3 million tonnes of rice, the deputy chairman of the Viet Nam Food Association Nguyen Tho Tri has said. The statement was made after the Indian Press Trust reported on November 4 that the Government of India has a plan to import 2 million tonnes of rice from Viet Nam and Thailand because of India’s decreasing rice output due to the impact of drought and floods. Speaking in an interview with the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Sai Gon, Tri affirmed that Indian diplomats had informed him that the South Asian giant was looking to buy 3, not 2 million tonnes of rice, as previously reported. Tri said Vietnamese enterprises will be able to meet the demand, adding that the delivery date will coincide with Viet Nam’s winter-spring crop harvest in January and February 2010, when the supply will be plentiful. He explained that Viet Nam can … [Read more...] about India tipped to import Viet Nam rice
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Start-ups must go global, says Grabs Viet Nam chief
Nguyen Tuan Anh, CEO of Grab Financial Group Viet Nam, talks about strategies to help start-ups expand their markets at a recent event in HCM City. — Photo Thanh Nguyen. Overcoming human resources problems, understanding local cultures and finding reliable partners are needed for Vietnamese start-ups to “go global,” the CEO of Grab Financial Group Viet Nam has said. Speaking at a recent boot camp, a start-up training programme organised by VnExpress.net, Nguyen Tuan Anh said reaching out to the world was not optional but imperative for a start-up to succeed. “You may not go global right away, but you must have a vision to do it in the next five to 10 years. “Vietnamese start-ups must conquer the global playground to increase the value, revenue and profit.” Anh was one of the first employees of the giant ride-hailing service when it entered the Vietnamese market in 2014 on the heels of its success in four other Southeast Asian countries, Malaysia, … [Read more...] about Start-ups must go global, says Grabs Viet Nam chief
Start-ups must ‘go global’, says Grab’s Việt Nam chief
Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, CEO of Grab Financial Group Việt Nam, talks about strategies to help start-ups expand their markets at a recent event in HCM City. Photo Thành Nguyễn. HCM CITY — Overcoming human resources problems, understanding local cultures and finding reliable partners are needed for Vietnamese start-ups to “go global,” the CEO of Grab Financial Group Việt Nam has said. Speaking at a recent boot camp, a start-up training programme organised by VnExpress.net, Nguyễn Tuấn Anh said reaching out to the world was not optional but imperative for a start-up to succeed. “You may not go global right away, but you must have a vision to do it in the next five to 10 years. “Vietnamese start-ups must conquer the global playground to increase the value, revenue and profit.” Anh was one of the first employees of the giant ride-hailing service when it entered the Vietnamese market in 2014 on the heels of … [Read more...] about Start-ups must ‘go global’, says Grab’s Việt Nam chief
Việt Nam needs to remove fishing yellow card
Fishing boats in Ninh Thuận Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Thành Phạm Anh Tuấn, vice chairman of the Việt Nam Fishing Association, talks to Vietnam News Agency on the need to follow all recommendations from the European Commission (EC) to get the yellow card on fishing removed Why is lifting the yellow card so important to the Vietnamese fishing sector? The lifting of the yellow card over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is very important for the country. According to the EU, the yellow card means Việt Nam has violated certain EU rules on legal fishing activities and has not fully declared where fish products came from. Such violations have prevented international authorities from tracing whether Vietnamese fish products came from Việt Nam or not. These are strong indications Việt Nam has failed to follow rules … [Read more...] about Việt Nam needs to remove fishing yellow card
Việt Nam to fall short of fisheries export target
According to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, the tra fish sector faces competition grom China, India, Indonesia and Bangladesh who each represent around 15-20 per cent of global production. — VNS Photo Văn Châu HCM CITY — Việt Nam’s fisheries exports are unlikely to meet the US$10 billion target set by the Government for this year because of the multiple challenges like the US-China trade war, lack of demand and increasing competition. In the first 10 months of the year, exports were worth only $7.09 billion, down 2 per cent from the same period last year, as the prices of major export items like catfish and shrimp fell, Trương Đình Hòe, secretary general of the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), told a recent conference in Cần Thơ City. Việt Nam has this year set targets of achieving $4.2 billion in … [Read more...] about Việt Nam to fall short of fisheries export target