Quang Ninh

Quang Ninh to host Vietnam-China trade and tourism exhibition

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Quang Ninh to take Vinashin to court

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

... said Vinashin owes him VND160 billion ($9 million) for building the 5,000 hectare economic zone in Quang Ninh, in 2008.“The PM had instructed them to pay but Vinashin’s leaders just kept on promising and refused to say when they would,” Canh told Tuoi Tre newspaper.“It is their [poor] style of doing business that has pushed us to the corner.”Kiem Dung Company is still owed VND10 billion...

Uong Bi thermo-electric power plant comes online

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009

VNBusinessNews.com - The expanded Uong Bi thermo-electric power plant was put into operation in the coal-rich province of Quang Ninh on November 27.The Machinery Installation Corporation (Lilama), the project’s contractor, completed the trial operation of the plant and handed it over to the Electricity of Vietnam, the project’s investor, on November 26.The expanded power plant, the first...

Project to revive exports of deadly puffer fish

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

... three-year project, if approved, will be implemented in five coastal provinces including Quang Ninh, Nghe An, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa and Kien Giang.The project is likely to cost VND45-50 billion ($2.5-2.8 million) with the budget coming from the State and localities as well as enterprises themselves.

Vietnam seeks know-how from France on energy

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

“Energy issues are extremely important to Vietnam ”, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung told Christian Jacob, Head of the French delegation to the Vietnam-France Finance and Economy Forum’s eighth session entitled “Energy and Sustainable Development”, which just concluded in the northern province of Quang Ninh.Seeing the French official in Hanoi on Nov. 19, Deputy PM Hung...

Hanoi to host Vietnam-China hold conference on economic corridor

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

The targeted cities and provinces are the Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Hai Phong and the provinces of Lao Cai and Quang Ninh, along with the Chinese province of Yunnan.Nguyen Huy Tuong, Vice Chairman of Hanoi’s Municipal People’s Committee, told a news briefing on Nov.16 that the conference will review the implementation of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed at the fourth...

Yunnan-Hai Phong corridor talks to begin

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

The focus is on reviewing the implementation of the minutes of last year’s conference that was signed in Quang Ninh Province."The conference will have workshops to introduce study abroad programmes, commerce and tourism in Yunnan. It is a new aspect in the conference," said vice chairman of the Ha Noi People’s Committee Nguyen Huy Tuong.Deputy director of the Ha Noi’s Planning and Investment...

Vietnamese, Chinese provinces hold conference on economic corridor

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

... of trade and tourism fairs were held in Kumming, Hanoi, and Lao Cai, etc. Hanoi, Lao Cai and Quang Ninh are now home to a total of 200 Chinese FDI projects with a total registered capital of US$788.5 million. A bridge over the Red River between Vietnam and China has been finished, while construction of a Hanoi-Lao Cai highway has begun.

Rising domestic coal demand to reduce exports

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Viet Nam is forecast to import for domestic consumption from 2013. Domestic demand was estimated to reach almost 20 million tonnes this year. Demand will increase sharply to 90 million tonnes in 2015 because an increasing number of coal-fired plants will begin operations in Hai Phong City, Quang Ninh and Thai Binh provinces.The coal industry plans to produce 40 million tonnes of coal...

Ha Long-Mong Cai Expressway project

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

According to the Transport Engineering Design Inc. (TEDI) that is assigned for designing and consultancy services for the project, Ha Long-Mong Cai expressway would be built for connecting with Noi Bai-Ha Long Highway at Km132+670 in Son Duong Commune, Hoanh Bo Dist, Quang Ninh Province. The road has total length of 160 kilometres with 4-6 lanes, each lane of 25 metres wide.It's expected...

Vinashin to issue gov’t guaranteed bonds

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

Under a government decision released on Friday, the sale of notes with maturities of between five and ten years will help finance the shipbuilder’s projects to expand the Pha Rung Shipyard in Hai Phong City and increase the capacity of Ha Long Shipbuilding Company in Quang Ninh Province.Vinashin said on Tuesday the group was facing a financial crunch as 15 percent of its contracts were...

Minimum wage to rise in Vietnam

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

... and Ba Ria-Vung Tau are also included.Zone 3: some rural districts in Hanoi, and parts of Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Vinh Phuc, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Lam Dong, Khanh Hoa, Tay Ninh, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai, Long An and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces as well as parts of Can Tho and Hai Phong.Zone 4: the rest of the country.

Vinacomin, Japan’s Komatsu join hands

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

He made this statement at a ceremony celebrating 30 years of partnership between Vinacomin and Komatsu on Tuesday.Komatsu Co focuses on construction, mining machinery and equipment.Vinacomin general director Tran Xuan Hoa said Komatsu Co had provided its Vietnamese partner with mining equipment to exploit large-scaled open-cast mines in the northern province of Quang Ninh since 1979.Komatsu...

Halong bay

activetravelvietnam | 11/10/2009

History of the name "Halong" "Ha Long" is literally translated as "Bay of Descending Dragons." Prior to the 19th century, this name was not recorded in any document or archive. When mentioning the present-day Quang Ninh Sea or Ha Long Bay, old historical books often referred to them by the names of An Bang, Luc Thuy or Van Don. Not until the late 19th century

Strengthening trade and tourism co-operation between Vietnam and China

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

... equipment, construction materials, and tourism services.Nhu Thi Hong Lien, vice chairman of the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee, said that lying in the Hanoi-Hai Phong-Quang Ninh economic triangle, Mong Cai is a node in the “two corridor one economic belt co-operation”. Trade activities in Quang Ninh have increased considerably in recent years,...