The first meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2020 was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 9.
The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will boost the demand for logistics services and significantly impact on Vietnam's logistics industry, said a trade official.
The northern province of Bac Ninh is hosting its second made-in-Vietnam fair under the programme of encouraging the consumption of Vietnamese products.
An international workshop was opened in Hanoi on December 5 under the theme “Sustaining Peace in time of Uncertainties: Towards Greater Regional Resilience and Responsiveness”.
Vietnam’s shrimp exports continued to shrink over the last 11 months in the face of fierce competition from other major exporters. But it is expected to make its way back next year with the EU-Vietnam trade deal coming into force.
A recent survey of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has found that 36.4 percent of Japanese businesses operating overseasviewed Vietnam as a promising investment destination, up 2.5 percent from 2018.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should exert more efforts to enhance internal integrity so as to flexibly cope with external challenges and impact, Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich said on November 17.
New regulations and development in the global economy will have a strong impact on Vietnamese shipping, a conference held to discuss Vietnam’s Maritime Future heard in Ho Chi Minh City on November 13.
Ensuring food security is an urgent issue at present with food supply sources and access to safe food supplies being seriously affected, especially by climate change, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said at a forum in Hanoi on November 5.
Vietnam’s export revenue slid 0.8 percent year on year to 22.4 billion USD in October as shipments of telephones and spare parts fell substantially, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
T&T Group defeated won a bidding to purchase more than 13,600 tonnes out of over 20,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts from Tanzania at an auction session held by the Tanzanian government on October 31.
Sufficient material supply for processing plants is expected to help the seafood industry rake in 9 billion USD in export revenue in 2019, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Vietnam’s machinery and equipment market has achieved solid growth in recent years and the momentum is expected to continue, making the country increasingly attractive to foreign investors, experts have said.
Management agencies and businesses should consider customers the centre of the domestic auto industry to spur the sector’s growth in the context of international integration, experts have suggested.
Nguyen Phuong, sales director of Minh Thanh Co., Ltd, said his company plans to invest more than 50 billion VND (2.15 million USD) in a production chain for bedroom and living room furniture.
The local plastic industry, with solid growth in shipments, will surely meet its yearly export target of 3.2 billion USD, according to the Vietnam Plastics Association.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
