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Vietnam’s import-export value in the first five months of this year was estimated at over 260 billion USD, down nearly 15% year-on-year, with a trade surplus of 9.8 billion USD.

The northern province of Bac Giang will pay more attention to spurring the development of the digital economy, Director of the provincial Department of Information and Communications Tran Minh Chieu has said.

The Chairman of the People's Committee of the northern province of Bac Giang has has just sent a dispatch asking for assistance to local farmers in selling their farm products on e-commerce platforms, contributing to boosting the development of digital agriculture and rural areas in the locality.

Laos is gearing up for an influx of Chinese tourists this year, Lao media reported on May 29.

Vietnam’s import-export value in the first five months of this year was estimated at 262.54 billion USD, down 14.7% year-on-year, with a trade surplus of 9.8 billion USD, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on May 29.

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Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam Angela Pratt has called on the country to raise tobacco tax and prices, which are still among the world’s lowest.

The Ho Chi Minh City International Exhibition of Food and Beverages 2023 (HCMC FOODEX 2023) is scheduled to take place in late June, about four months early, to support enterprises amid the numerous challenges they face.

Farmers in the northern province of Hai Duong have been experimenting with the cultivation of organic rice in association with raising sand worms and have achieved remarkable economic efficiency compared to traditional methods.

Vietnam is among the 15 countries with the largest number of adult male smokers in the world, mainly due to easy access to cigarettes triggered by the low tobacco tax and emergence of various types of e-cigarettes.

A workshop to kick off a project on developing a sustainable value chain of products from lotus silk in Vietnam to support the flood storage strategy for the Mekong Delta region was held by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in An Giang province on May 26.

Nearly 160 Vietnamese food producers are displaying their products at Thaifex Anuga 2023 in Thailand – the largest food and beverage trade show in Asia for retailers, supermarkets, hotels, and restaurants to introduce the latest products and innovations in the food and beverage industry.

Hanoi is believed to hold rich potential for golf tourism, and it is taking various measures to tackle challenges and turn this type of tourism into its signature travel products.

The governments of Indonesia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have reached a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in Halal products assurance (JPH).

President Vo Van Thuong on May 24 received the ambassadors of Qatar, Brazil, Slovenia, Portugal, Estonia and Guinea, who came to present their credentials.

Wood processing and export businesses in the southern province of Binh Duong have been making every effort to overcome difficulties facing the industry.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Banking Academy on May 23 organised a series of education communication events on finance management called "Future Bankers 2023".

Thirty-three enterprises and trade and investment promotion agencies across Vietnam will attend Asia’s largest food and beverage trade show Thaifex Anuga 2023 which takes place in Thailand from May 23-27.

The northern province of Bac Giang will earmark 3.5 billion VND (149,250 USD) to activities to facilitate industrial development in the province. The funds have been approved by the provincial People’s Committee.

The National Master Program on Development of Vietnamese Culture in the 2023-2025 period has been approved under a decision recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.