Ho Chi Minh City wants to promote trade and investment ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as there is a huge room for both sides for cooperation, according to a trade official of the city administration.
The US is the largest export market of Vietnam, with export turnover hitting 39 billion USD in the first ten months of 2018, representing a year-on-year increase of 12.8 percent.
Belgium was one of the first Western countries to set up diplomatic relations with Vietnam following the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. From then on, the bilateral relations have been strengthen.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s exports to 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) in the first half of 2018 gained 5.9 percent to 48.93 billion USD, making the bloc its second-largest export market.
The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has approved a plan to invest 2.3 billion VND (100,000 USD) to protect intensive and semi-intensive shrimp farms from disease.
Up to 57 percent of surveyed small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam believe they will continue to enjoy growing export, according to a research recently conducted by market research company Harris Interactive on behalf of FedEx Express.
Vietnam witnessed growth in textiles and garment exports to most of the major markets in the first five months of 2018, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) launched a consultative body composed of government and company officials to push major development projects in Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following President Moon Jae-in's visits to the two nations, the RoK’s trade ministry said on May 2.
Domestic cement consumption fell in March, while cement exports had growth against the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Construction.
Russia is one of the important export markets of Vietnam, especially after the Vietnam-Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Free Trade Agreement took effect on October 5, 2016.
Many domestic businesses expect the newly signed CPTPP will bring positive effects on Vietnam through the expansion of export market along with access to the abundant materials sources.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has become the second largest export market for agricultural and livestock products from the Republic of Korea (RoK) last year as the country's trade with China was hit by a diplomatic row, according to a report by the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI).
Vietnam raked in 138.8 million USD from exporting nearly 36,000 tonnes of pepper in the first two months of 2018, posting a year-on-year increase of 127 percent in volume and 23.7 percent in turnover.
Total export revenue during the week-long Tet holiday, which lasted from February 14-20, reached 289 million USD, up nearly 50 percent against the same period last year.
Vietnam’s export turnover in January 2018 reached 19 billion USD, a decrease of 3.3 percent against December 2017 but up 33.1 percent compared with the same period last year.
Excellent taste and eye-catching packages have made products of the Huu Nghi Confectionery Joint Stock Company come in favour of visitors at the International Exhibition & Conference on Food & Beverage Products, Processing, Packaging Machinery & Allied Technologies (FoodPro 2017).
The central province of Ha Tinh totalled 194.36 million USD in export revenue in ten months ending in October, a year-on-year hike of 97.3 percent and accounting for nearly 70 percent of the yearly plan.
Vietnam earned 1.38 billion USD from exporting more than 800,000 tonnes of rubber in the first eight months of 2017, year-on-year rise of 54.1 percent in value and 12.8 percent in volume.
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