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Vietnamese agricultural products - Co-operate to compete

12/12/2007

(Can Tho) – "The crucial keys to improve competitiveness ofVietnamese agriculture products include purity, deliciousness, quantity, lowprice. This requirement can be met only by uniting managers, farmers,entrepreneurs, scientists.

Rice exports are half as much as coffee

12/12/2007

Ministryof Agriculture and Rural Development says that coffee exporting turnover forthe first five months gains 776,000 tons and brings USD 1.1 billions, accountsfor 42% the total value of exported agricultural products. It is nearly twiceas much as rice exporting turnover. This is the first agricultural article whosethe value of exporting turnover is over USD 1 billions.

Fight about paper causes strains in trade relation between the US and China

12/12/2007

That theUS isdetermined to put surcharge onChina’sexported glossy paper from immediately encountersChina’s strong opposition.

Since 1st October, new standard for exporting coffee has been applied

12/12/2007

" It is agreed that coffee quality testunder the standard TCVN 4193:2005 is compulsory before customs clearance since thenew coffee crop 2007- 2008, specifically from 1st October." Thedeputy minister Luong Van Tu points out in the conclusion of the meeting on thismatter held by Ministry of Trade.

Many rice producers warned to proceed against America to WTO

12/12/2007

14countries and territories producing rice in the world will cooperate to sueAmerica to theWorld Trade Organization (WTO) for its agricultural subsidies which damage theirrice producers.

Domestic steel is unsold because of less competitiveness than Chinese steel

12/12/2007

Many steel mills reduce their steel rolloutput or temporally stop producing because of Chinese steel rolls swiftly flowin with the much lower price up to millions of dongs per ton. Mr. Dao Dinh Dong,Sales Deputy Manager of Southern Steel Corporation says that constructing steelmarket is now changing unpredictably. Chinese steel is flooding the domesticmarket.

Da Nang: Adjusting to support the development of main industry

12/12/2007

DaNang city People's Committee have just decided to adjust, supplementregulations on supporting enterprises to take part in main force industrialproducts development program to be suitable for commitments as joining the WorldTrade Organization (WTO).

Vietnam’s steel –core transmission wire to suffer from Turkish anti dumping tax

12/12/2007

(VietNamNet) – V-shaped steel coretransmission wire from China, India and Vietnam will be subject to duty of 5,04US$/kg;3,50 US$/kg and 4,55 US$/kg respectively, recently announced by Turkeygovernment.