By encouraging all stakeholders to co-operate, Hanoi aims to improve food safety standards and protect public health.

Bilateral trade between Vietnam and Hesse has reached around EUR1 billion (US$1.05 billion) annually, accounting for one-tenth of total trade between Vietnam and Germany.

The event is part of the Hanoi Concentrated Promotion Program 2024, held in May, July, and November, attracting up to 2,000 businesses.

According to the Research Institute, in period 2016 – 2020, the growth rate of Vietnam’s retail market will be 22.9% per year, with the market scale to be 179 billion USD by 2020. As such, Vietnam is considered as one of the 30 most attractive retail markets of the world.

The negotiation of Vietnam – EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) was concluded at the end of 2015. There are numerous reasons for Vietnamese enterprises to anticipate the EVFTA coming to effect. In which, benefits in trade and investment are considered the most important motivation.

The State Bank of Vietnam will issue regulations on bank card operation in a move to bolster safeguards against fraudulent payments, which have plagued some banks in recent years.

According to Bloomberg, Vietnam’s biggest private airline VietJet Aviation JSC considers California as its first U.S. destination starting about 2019.

Bilateral trade between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea has increased by 100 times from US$500 million in 1992 to over $50 billion estimate this year.

China and Vietnam, two neighbors who share a long tradition of friendship, should strive to further enhance win-win cooperation and herald a new chapter for bilateral ties.

The credit access of Vietnamese people reached nearly 47 percent, which means that one in every two people has a loan, according to a survey on loans conducted by StoxPlus.

Vietnam has targeted a growth of 6.5-6.7 percent in its gross domestic product (GDP) next year, according to a resolution on socioeconomic development plan for 2018 passed by the country`s top legislature on Friday.

CAPA`s Aviation Awards for Excellence are regarded as the pre-eminent awards for strategic excellence in aviation.

Concluding the bilateral trade meeting between Vietnam and China, enterprises from both countries have signed Memorandum of Understandings on investment, with an aim to rebalance the trade relation between two countries.

Not only Food & Beverage Industry, the digitalization process will play a key role in the development of other industries in new era.

Vietnam’s export turnover is likely to hit US$210 billion in 2017, the highest level since 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) forecast.

The E-commerce platform Airlala has been given the APEC’s Digital Prosperity Award.

Total export value of Vietnam in the first 10 months reached 173.7 billion USD, up 20.7% compared to the same period of last year. Moreover, after 10 months, Vietnam has trade surplus of 1.23 billion USD.

Customers can now easily buy products from Korea, Japan or Thailand, as Vietnam is seen as high potential market for foreign food brands.

One year after the Vietnam – Eurasia Economic Union Free Trade Agreement (Vietnam – EEU FTA) came into effect on October 2016, both two sides have achieved positive results.

On November 3, the Hanoi People’s Committee in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry & Trade have jointly held the event connecting supply – demand between Hanoi and provinces/cities in 2017.

Vietnam will maintain the world’s top position in cashew exports in 2017 for the twelfth consecutive year, the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas) said.

According to Vietnam E-Commerce and Information Technology Agency, in 2013 the number of accounts registered by companies was 1,923, in 2016, this number has increased 10 folds to 19,456. The number of accounts registered by individual also increased from 305 to 7,170.

Regional linkage from production to distribution should be promoted to help Vietnam’s southern region become a trade hub, experts have said.