Honda Vietnam recorded increases of 23.4 percent and 96.9 percent in its sales of motorbikes and automobiles in March, respectively, compared to the previous month.

The retail prices of oil and petrol were adjusted down starting from 3pm on April 12 following the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Finance.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has slashed the anti-dumping duties on Vietnam’s honey exporters by almost sevenfold compared to its preliminary conclusions, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Vietnam shipped a total of 105,000 tonnes of cashew nuts abroad in Q1, earning 630 million USD, down 6.7 percent in volume and 5 percent in value compared to those in the same period of last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Sales of Hyundai automobiles in March jumped 69.4 percent month-on-month to 7,069 units, raising the total sales in the first quarter of 2022 to 18,670, an increase of 17.5 percent compared to the same period last year, according TC Group.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien paid a courtesy call to Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh in Vientiane on April 11, part of his working trip to Laos to co-chair the border trade development cooperation conference.

Exports and imports reported double-digit growth in the first quarter of 2022, signaling a good year for the foreign trade.

The inflow of foreign direct investment into Vietnam hit 8.1 billion USD in the first quarter of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

In recent years, there has been a “wave” of overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs and intellectuals returning to Vietnam in groups and organising trade and investment promotion activities, which connect overseas Vietnamese from all around the world.

Vietnamese airlines have seen a surge of around 440 percent in international passengers but a decline in domestic passengers in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is carrying out a number of measures to assist farmers in selling their products.

The 12th Vietnam - Laos border trade development cooperation conference was held in the Lao capital of Vientiane on April 11 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and his Lao counterpart Khampheng Xaysompheng.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap aims to expand the area under high-quality rice to meet both domestic and export demand.

Vietnam’s export-import revenue in the first quarter of this year was estimated at 176.35 billion USD, up 14.37 percent year-on-year.