The Latin America is a promising market for Vietnamese firms, as heard the Vietnam – Latin America trade and investment forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 13.
The central province of Thanh Hoa raised a fund of more than 5 billion VND (215,000 USD) from individuals and organisations at a ceremony held on September 7 to support flood-hit locals, helping them overcome difficulties and stabilise their lives.
Vietnamese food and beverages are attracting huge attention from visitors to the largest specialty food industry event in North America held in New York from June 30 to July 2.
Hao Hao instant noodle has come first in Vietnam’s Top 10 most chosen fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) brands by sector 2018 for the category of food in the Brand Footprint 2018 ranking by Kantar Worldpanel, a global expert in shoppers’ behaviour.
At least 14 people lost their lives, five were injured and five others went missing after floods triggered by torrential downpours swept through the central province of Thanh Hoa in the past days.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang earned 170 million USD from exports in the first six months of this year, accounting for 42 percent of the annual target and up 2.6 percent from the same period last year, reported the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.
April 4 was officially announced as Day of “Pho”, Vietnam’s signature noodle soup, in Japan during a ceremony at EXPO City Osaka complex in the country on April 2.
The presence of many giant retailers in Vietnam is expected to create
new distributing channels for domestic agricultural products, giving
local farm produce more chances to enter foreign markets, according to
the Nong nghiep Vietnam (Vietnam Agriculture) Newspaper.
Cross-border trade between Vietnam and Cambodia through 16
border gates in the southern province of Tay Ninh hit 650 million
USD in the first seven months of this year, according to the provincial
Department of Industry and Trade.
Large corporations have been silently pouring their money into other
business fields after they can get a firm foothold in their core fields,
the English language news website VietNamNet Bridge reported.
The leading domestic confectionery producer, Kinh Do Corporation (KDC),
said it would expand production in new categories of noodles, coffee and
edible oil in an aim to enlarge its market share.
Vietnam is the world's fourth-largest consumer of instant noodles,
purchasing roughly 5.4 billion packets yearly, according to the latest
report of the World Instant Noodles Association (WINA).
One billion dollars was once the total annual revenue that all the
enterprises in the same industry strived to get. Meanwhile, 1 billion
USD is the turnover that a single enterprise can make nowadays. Insight
by the English news website VietNamNet Bridge.
A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities visited and donated
1.5 billion VND to help disaster-hit victims in the central province of
Quang Nam on October 19.
