A trade, investment, and economic cooperation promotion conference between Vietnam and China was held in Hanoi on April 3 on the occasion of a working visit to Vietnam by officials of the international trade promotion council of China’s Sichuan province.
A seminar was held in Hanoi on February 28 to launch the Dubai-led World Logistics Passport (WLP) initiative in Vietnam and discuss the possibility of strengthening cooperation in logistics between Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Vietnam - UK Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) has substantially assisted Vietnam’s coffee sector to expand its market share in the UK, according to the Foreign Trade Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has created a strong impulse for export and import, but there remain certain obstacles to the shipments of Vietnamese goods to the deal’s American member markets, heard a seminar held in Hanoi on July 28.
An official from the Foreign Trade Agency has said that authorities should instruct farmers and traders in how to meet packaging and labelling standards, before exporting goods.
Despite pandemic-caused difficulties, Vietnam still posted a trade surplus of 4 billion USD, an impressive achievement partly attributed to free trade agreements (FTAs), especially the new-generation ones.
With stable and high demand for specialty rice from Asia, the European Union (EU) remains a highly potential market for rice exporters of Vietnam, the Dau tu (Vietnam Investment Review) reported.
Vietnam’s trade surplus with the rest of the world stood at 6.5 billion USD in the first seven months of this year amidst a decline in global trade due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The inflow of foreign investment into Vietnam experienced a year-on-year drop of 23.6 percent in the first two months of the year to 6.47 billion USD, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Foreign Trade Agency.
Companies will be able to apply for import licences online from November 1 this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Foreign Trade Agency.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has moved to put more public administrative services online towards a more simplified and transparent administration.
Hanoi has been the country’s top attractor of foreign direct investment (FDI) this year, luring more than than 4.05 billion USD in FDI projects as of March 20, 10 times higher than the same period last year.
Logistics businesses are accelerating investment in technology to meet the rising demand for delivery of goods at home and abroad amid booming e-commerce, heard a workshop in Hanoi on April 10.
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