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Steel enterprises have boosted exports while facing difficulties in domestic consumption due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA).

Vietnamese agricultural product exporters that want to establish long-term business relationship with the UK need to have appropriate strategies, and approach potential partners in order to take advantage of export opportunities to this important market – the second biggest economy in Europe, advised Nguyen Canh Cuong, Vietnamese Trade Counselor in the UK, at a recent consulting webinar.

Thanks to the adoption of drastic COVID-19 prevention measures at ports, the volume of goods that passed through ports in the first eight months of the year increased by 18 percent year-on-year to 16.8 million TEUs, the Vietnam Maritime Administration said.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the consumption habits of Spaniards to be interested in products related to strengthening their health, Vietnamese enterprises can take an opportunity to have appropriate export orientations to this market, according to Vietnam’s Trade Office in Spain.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ca Mau province will popularise Vietnamese good agricultural practices (VietGAP) and organic standards in order to increase the value and yield of its bananas.

The Ministry of Information and Communications and Ministry of Health has called on localities to take full advantage of information technology to administer vaccinations rapidly and effectively.

The Lao Ministry of Health said on August 5 that the country saw 206 new cases of COVID-19, including 187 imported ones, in the last 24 hours.

More Vietnamese goods are available on foreign supermarket shelves but enterprises still need to overcome a number of challenges if they want to enhance their brand image.

Freight rates and surcharges in addition to the price of container shipping services by sea of foreign shipping lines in Vietnam have increased rapidly and uncontrollable in recent time in the context that Vietnamese enterprises are struggling with other increasing expenses due to the COVID-19.

The northern province of Bac Giang will bring its strengths into full play to make tourism a major economic contributor and welcome about 3-3.5 million tourist arrivals each year by 2025, according to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Trong Bac.

The consumer price index (CPI) of Hanoi in the first half of 2021 rose by 1.14 percent against the same period last year, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

The numbers of new COVID-19 cases and deaths in Cambodia have shown no sign of slowing down recently, with continued growth in infections outside Phnom Penh capital and imported cases.

The Health Ministry of Laos on June 28 confirmed 26 new COVID-19 infections, including 14 local-transmitted cases, over the past 24 hours.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on June 14 held a meeting to discuss the situation in Mali with the participation of UN Special Representative El-Ghassim Wane and Fatima Maiga, President of the Coalition des Femmes Leaders Nord, Sud et Centre du Mali (NSC), a socio-political organisation of Mali.

The early-ripening “u hong” lychees from Thanh Ha district, the northern province of Hai Duong – a lychee farming hub of Vietnam, hit the shelves of Singaporean supermarkets on June 3.

Vietnam earned 790 million USD from exporting aquatic products in May, lifting the total figure in the first five months of this year to nearly 3.3 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 14 percent.

Many container shipping lines have announced further increases in transportation fees starting from late May, causing difficulties for import-export companies.

Fruit, vegetable export of Vietnam reached 1.35 billion USD in the first four months of this year, up 9.5 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The retail prices of oil and petrol increased as of 15:00 on May 12 following the latest adjustments made by the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The vietnam-briefing.com published by Dezan Shira & Associates - a consultancy firm on foreign investment in Asia - on May 6 run an article, emphasising that since the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect in August 2020, Belgium has played a significant role in promoting trade and foreign investments into Vietnam.