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Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen QuocCuong has visited Kagawa and Tokushima prefectures in Shikoku region to beef up relations between Vietnam and these localities.

There is a huge opportunity for Vietnamese firms to invest in agriculture in their countries and export agricultural produce to other markets, Cambodian and Myanmarese officials have said.

As part of a programme to create an agricultural supply chain by 2020, HCM City will build a safe supply chain each for vegetables, pork and seafood, open shops selling safe agricultural produce and develop brands for safe food markets.

Cashew export revenue in the first two months of this year hit only 255 million USD, down 3.3 percent year-on-year, the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas) told a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City

Guangxi province will do its best to implement the shared perception between Vietnamese and Chinese State and Party leaders as well as expand cooperation with Vietnamese localities, stated Peng Qing Hua, Secretary of the Party Committee of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Vietnamese pepper will face stricter scrutiny this year on excessive use of agricultural pesticides, especially in the EU and US markets, experts say.

A seminar on technology demand of the business community took place in Hanoi on January 13, in order to help with the building of a Vietnam-Korea Institute of Science and Technology (V-KIST).

A culture and trade exchange festival between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) officially opened in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1.

More than 50 businesses from Ho Chi Minh City displayed their products at a Vietnamese trade fair held in Moscow, Russia, on October 6.

Hanoi reeled in more than 5.2 billion USD through exports in the first six months of 2016, up 0.1 percent year-on-year, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

Using information technology in agriculture is imperative for improving productivity and quality and reducing costs to bolster the sector’s competitiveness amid the country’s integration.

Enterprises in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long are taking part in an international trade fair in Kampong Speu town in the Cambodian province of Kampong Speu.

The Vietnamese banana industry has seen a relatively sharp increase in export prices since early this year due to surging demand on international markets.

Thailand and Russia are targeting to increase the value of their bilateral trade fivefold in the next five years, announced Thai Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn on February 26.

Agro-forestry-fishery exports yielded 2.33 billion USD in January, an annual decrease of 3.1 percent.

The consumer price index (CPI) this year would rise more than in 2015 due to a number of factors, statistics official have forecast.

Southern Long An’s authorities and businesses met Vietnamese trade counsellors and attachés, who are about to start their missions overseas, in Tan An City on January 12.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including Vietnam, has become one of the top priorities in the external policies of Ukraine, an expert has said.

Vietnam targets ten percent export growth in 2016, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh during a teleconference on December 31.

The Foreign Ministry will organise additional activities to boost commercial connectivity between Vietnamese localities and enterprises and their Israel partners.