Hanoi welcomed nearly 14.4 million visitors so far this year, up 9.5 percent over the same period last year, including more than 3.3 million foreign tourists, a year on year rise of 10.6 percent, reported the municipal Department of Tourism.
More than 300 businesspeople from Italy’s Piedmont region and member countries of ASEAN gathered at a workshop in Turin city on June 17 and 18 to seek business cooperation opportunities.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has served Luc Ngan ‘thieu’ litchi, a specialty of the northern province of Bac Giang, to business-class and premium-class passengers on its flights.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 10 asked the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to mobilise all resources for infrastructure projects in order to speed up local development.
Vietnam’s total garment-textile export turnover was estimated at 14.5 billion USD in the first five months of 2019, a year-on-year rise of 9.11 percent.
A campaign to promote the fight against plastic waste and release of aquatic species to the nature was launched in Phu Quoc island district of the southern province of Kien Giang on June 8.
Exports of the southern province of Binh Duong hit nearly 10.4 billion USD in the first five months of 2019, a year-on-year rise of 12.2 percent, said Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen Van Danh.
The construction of a factory specialising in manufacturing electronic headphones began at the Bau Bang industrial park in Bau Bang district, northern Binh Duong province, on June 6.
Booming tourism in Vietnam has seen a record number of Thai visitors in the first four months of this year, resulting in higher frequency of flights by Thai airlines, especially to top destinations like central Da Nang and Da Lat cities.
The export turnover of enterprises operating in the southern province of Dong Nai in the first five months of 2019 hit 7.7 billion USD, representing a year-on-year rise of 3.41 percent, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.
Vietnam recorded a trade deficit of 1.3 billion USD in May, resulting in a total deficit of 548 million USD for the first five months of the year, according to General Statistics Office (GSO)s monthly report.
The Vietnam-Russia Business Forum took place in Saint Petersburg on May 29 with the participation of 18 enterprises from Vietnam and 60 firms of Russia.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is inviting travel agencies, hotels and resorts across the country to participate in a programme to promote Vietnamese tourism in the Republic of Korea (RoK), scheduled to take place from June 25-30.
Aquatic businesses have begun to feel the windfall from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which came into force in Vietnam from January 14, 2019.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung had working sessions with representatives of Vietnamese and Russian ministries and departments in Moscow on May 23 to discuss activities to celebrate the Vietnam Year in Russia and vice versa.
The economic, trade and investment relations between Vietnam and Norway have reaped positive outcomes in recent time, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.
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