Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said the capital city is ready to create favourable conditions for projects by businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK).
A delegation of the Hanoi People’s Committee led by its Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung paid working visits to Israel and the UK from November 4-13 to seek ways to enhance cooperation between the Vietnamese capital and the two countries’ cities, partners and businesses.
Over 20 Vietnamese businesses specialised in farm produce and food industry are attending the SIAL InterFood 2019, which kicked off in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 13.
Vietnam exported 5.56 million tonnes of rice and brought home 2.43 billion USD in the first 10 months of 2019, up 6.1 percent in volume but down 9.1 percent in value over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
A week of Vietnamese goods kicked off in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 7 with the participation of 35 Vietnamese and Thai businesses operating in processing, garment-textile, household utensils and food.
The Thai Commerce Ministry has approved a farmers aid fund worth 4.38 billion THB (145 million USD) for the 2020 fiscal year, focusing on rice, tapioca, palm oil, fruit, shrimp, pork, eggs, salt, onions and garlic.
Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong and her Armenian counterpart Vahe Enfiajyan agreed on November 5 that the two countries should bolster collaboration through party, state, parliamentary, business and people-to-people exchange channels.
The northwestern province of Son La received approximately 1.8 million visitors, including 70,000 foreign visitors during the first 10 months of the year, earning nearly 52 million USD in revenue.
The northern midland province of Vinh Phuc has maintained its export growth thanks to businesses’ efforts to access new markets and optimise opportunities from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has announced that it will adopt seven measures to soften the impact of the US suspension of trade benefits for the Southeast Asian country.
The Vietnam Travel and Tourism Summit 2019 will be held for the second time in Hanoi on December 9 under the theme “For Vietnamese Tourism to Really Take Off”.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will ensure the supply-demand balance of essential commodities for the Tet (Lunar New Year) of 2020 and implement a programme on keeping goods in stock for market stabilisation.
Measures to stimulate tourism demand were the focus of a conference held on October 22 by the People’s Committee of the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.
A string of important IT events will be held in the central coastal city of Da Nang from October 21-24, helping promote cooperation among Vietnamese and foreign IT firms, the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) said on October 16.
The Vietnamese Government stands ready to create all possible conditions for foreign investors, including those from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung told UAE Minister of Economy Sheikh Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri in Hanoi on October 15.
About 30 Vietnamese businesses are introducing agricultural products at Anuga, the world’s largest trade fair for food and beverages, in Germany’s Cologne city from October 5-9.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev expressed their countries’ wish to enhance bilateral cooperation during a meeting in Sofia on October 1.
International visitors who came to Ho Chi Minh City for health care make up 40 percent of the total number of foreign tourists to Vietnam for this purpose.
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