- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Assistant Minister for Trade andAssistant Minister for Manufacturing of Australia Senator Tim Ayres in Hanoi onOctober 17, who is in Vietnam to co-chair the Organisation for EconomicCooperation and Development (OECD) Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum 2022. Read full story
- Vietnam’s proactive engagement in the discussion of the pillars of theIndo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) has been highly valued byUS officials and enterprises, and it shows that the country is ready toseriously comply with international trade rules, said Vietnamese Ambassador tothe US Nguyen Quoc Dung.
In an interview granted to the VietnamNews Agency, he said the sectors that US businesses hope to invest in andcooperate with Vietnam include high technology, energy, agriculture,healthcare/pharmaceutical, finance, aviation, and tourism. Notably, there arean increasing number of Vietnamese enterprises wishing to expand investment andbusiness activities in the US, which has never been seen before. Read full story
- Singaporean and Vietnamese experts have highlighted achievements of theVietnam-Singapore relations so far and recommended sectors they shouldprioritise for cooperation in the time to come, on the occasion of the ongoingState visit to Vietnam by Singaporean President Halimah Yacob from October16-20. Read full story
- The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has decided to widen the trade band ofUSD/VND spot exchange rate from /-3% to /-5%, effective from October 17.
According to the SBV, between the beginning of 2022 and now, the US FederalReserve (Fed) and many major central banks have tightened monetary policy, andraised interest rates. Read full story
- After over five years of negotiations, the US Department of Agriculture hasofficially licensed the import of fresh pomelo from Vietnam, an official hassaid.
Pomelo is the seventh fresh fruit of Vietnam to be licensed to enter the USmarket, following mango, longan, lychee, dragon fruit, rambutan, and starapple, Hoang Trung, Director of the Plant Protection Department at the Ministryof Agriculture and Rural Development, told a meeting in Hanoi on October 17. Read full story
- As many as 30 big foreign suppliers, including Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix;Samsung; TikTok; and eBay made tax declaration via the portalhttp://Etaxvn.gdt.gov.vn and paid 22.2 million USD worth of tax, according to areport recently submitted by the Ministry of Finance to the National Assembly. Read full story
- A delegation of enterprises from Styria, the second biggest in term of areaand the fourth populous state of Austria, arrived in Vietnam last weekend tolearn more about business opportunities in the Southeast Asian country.
The delegation was led by Regional Minister for Foreign Affairs BarbaraEibinger-Miedl. Read full story
- An art programme to honour “Ao dai” (traditional dress) will take place atthe Centre for Women and Development in Tay Ho district, Hanoi on October 18.
The event will bring together artists from the Vietnam National DramaTheatre, who will show “Ao Dai” collections by designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam, andother designers. Read full story
- Vietnam is among the 20 best places to visit in January as suggested by UKtravel magazine Wanderlust in a recent article.
According to the article, Vietnam, at the 8th place in the list, like itsneighbour Laos, is a safe bet in January. The weather is similarly pleasant,dry and sunny – with only slight differences between the north and south.Crowds have yet to arrive post-Christmas, so you've got the chance toexperience this uber-popular country in relative peace. Read full story./.
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