Plastic industry targets higher export growth in 2014
The Vietnam Plastic Association (VPA) has reported 2013’s plastic exports earned US$1.808 billion, a 13.3% annual improvement. VPA Chairman Ho Duc Lam highlighted the efforts of local plastic producers...
View ArticleProPak Vietnam 2014 and Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2014 – Present many...
ProPak Vietnam 2014 and Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2014 returns from 4 to 6 March, 2014, at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) to offer the widest display of technologies and...
View ArticleProPak Vietnam 2014 and Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2014 returns in March 2014
ProPak Vietnam 2014 and Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2014 returns from 4-6 March, 2014 at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City Outgrowing a sluggish global economy,...
View ArticleVietinBank helps fund $44m factory
VietinBank and the Viet Nam Rubber Industry Group (VRG) have signed a grant contract worth more than VND930 billion (US$44 million) for the construction of a medium-density fibreboard processing plant....
View ArticleRubber industry invests heavily in Cambodia
Tay Ninh Rubber Company (TRC) recently received an investment licence from the Vietnam Ministry of Planning and Investment to set up Siem Reap-Tay Ninh Rubber Development Company to undertake rubber...
View ArticleLatex traders seek VAT clarifications
Rubber trading companies have asked the Ministry of Finance to issue clearer guidance regarding payment of the value added tax (VAT) on pre-processed latex. According to officials at the Viet Rubber...
View ArticleVietnam reaches top three in world for rubber exports
Vietnam has surpassed Malaysia and India to become the world’s third largest exporter of natural rubber. According to the latest statistics by the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries...
View ArticleVietnamese consumers snub local plastic products for imported fare
Locally-made household plastic products were losing market share to imported products due to their poor designs and R&D activities, reports the Ministry of Trade and Industry For example, jn just a...
View ArticleLatex prices plunge, rubber trees axed
Farmers in central and southeastern provinces have cut down more rubber trees as the price of latex has plummeted. The 1.5-ha rubber garden of farmer Ho Van Thanh in the central province of Quang Tri...
View ArticleForeign investors pump millions into tires
Foreign tire manufacturers have flocked to Vietnam with plans to turn the country into their production base as well as a new consumption market. According to tirebusiness.com, the Vietnamese market’s...
View ArticleRubber exports plunge in first seven months
Vietnam exported 451,000 tonnes of rubber worth US$832 million in the first seven months of the year, down 10% and 32.3% in volume and value respectively over the same period last year. The export...
View ArticleRubber exports take a nosedive
Vietnamese rubber exports are forecast at 1 million tonnes with total export value of US$1.8-2 billion for 2014, down 10% in volume and 25-30% in value compared to last year. The Agro-Forestry...
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