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Two-way trade between Vietnam and India in 2021 surpassed 13 billion USD for the first time, up 36.5 percent compared to the previous year.

The southern province of Binh Duong enjoyed a trade surplus of 2 billion USD in the first two months this year, Vo Van Minh, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee has said.

Ho Chi Minh City exported 7.38 billion USD worth of goods in the first two months of 2022, posting a year-on-year increase of 5.9 percent.

There is large room for Vietnam to promote coffee exports to Algeria, said the Vietnam Trade Office in the African country.

The Vietnam Post Corporation (VNPOST) will cooperate with the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union (VFU) to support 7.5 million farming households to introduce free of charge their products in its e-commerce platform Postmart.vn in 2022.

The Tra fish industry aims to earn 1.6 billion USD from tra fish export, and produce between 1.6 – 1.7 million tonnes of tra fish products in 2022, according to Nhu Van Can, head of the Aquaculture Department of the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Tuna exports enjoyed a three-digit growth rate in the first month of this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Dong Ngo Pagoda in Tien Tien commune in Hai Duong city, Hai Duong province, has become a storage and display space for thousands of old agricultural stone tools and objects and is considered a unique museum not only locally but also in Vietnam.

A ground breaking ceremony for a project to upgrade rice value chain in Vietnam’s Red River Delta was held in the northern province of Thai Binh on February 21. ​

The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau plans to convert this year nearly 2,000ha of unproductive rice paddies into fields where rice and aquatic species are rotated or perennial crops are grown.

A lot of agricultural products have been shipped to difficult markets like Japan, the Republic of Korea and Australia after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, giving exporters hope for a successful year.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 15 evening held an online forum connecting Vietnamese entrepreneurs abroad so as to promote trade and investment in the agricultural sector.

The Finance Ministry of Indonesia has raised its tax revenue target for 2022 to 9.3 - 9.5 percent of GDP, banking on the implementation of new tax regulations and continued economic recovery.

The reduction of value-added tax (VAT) from 10 percent to 8 percent will help stimulate various sectors in the economy.

The brand value of Military Industry-Telecoms Group (Viettel) reached 8.758 billion USD, moving up a total of 99 places to reach the 227th position in the 2022 list of the world’s 500 most valuable brands.

The Indonesian government has decided to extend the maximum value added tax (VAT) discount of 50 percent for housing from January 1 to September 30, 2022.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on February 8 urged the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) to pay more attention to building the Vietnamese brand and increasing the added value of the country’s garment and textile products.

Laos enjoyed a trade surplus of 1 billion USD in 2021, according to the Lao Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Laos’ rice export value in 2021 nearly halved due to COVID-19 restriction measures, reported the Vientiane Times.

Family reunion is expressed right from the New Year’s Eve offering to the ancestral worship ceremony on the first day of the Lunar New Year, a festival of the nation as well as Vietnamese families.