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.

The recent experience of Idemitsu, Grab and Uber leave Vietnamese enterprises a big lesson of fair competition.

The thirteenth Vietnam-Singapore Connectivity Ministerial Meeting, was held on October 17 in Hanoi, to review cooperative commitments between the two countries.

The Hanoi Customs Department on October 16 implemented a pilot application to electronically manage and supervise export and import goods at the Noi Bai International Airport.

An imposition of special consumption tax on soft drinks should be postponed until there is a comprehensive study on obesity status and the effectiveness of this tax on reducing obesity in Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

It is expected that with the presence of a Steering Committee for Logistics development, barriers and high cost in this sector will be removed.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) firms contributed up to 72 percent out of Vietnam’s US$154 billion total export value in the first nine months this year, reports from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) showed.

Though Vietnam’s export turnover reached US$154 billion by the end of September 2017, only some 1 percent of Vietnamese exporters know how to exploit global online trading platforms for export.

Vietnam’s import and export revenue is well on track to hit US$400 billion for the first time in 2017.

​While Vietnam has attained a strong track record of economic growth over the past 20 years, the drivers that fueled this growth are rapidly depleting, making it critical to develop new drivers of growth going forward.

Vietnamese firms must focus more on building brands of products to be able to boost exports to the Republic of Korea (RoK).

With the launch of the trade information portal on July 26, the Government of Vietnam strives to lower trade costs, decrease the time required to do business and easing border cooperation when moving goods and services in and out the country.

Despite the value of Hanoi export in the first 9 months has reached nearly 8.6 billion USD, up 7% compared to the same period of 2016, but the number is still lower than the target number of 2017 of 11.1 billion USD, which requires more efforts from the city and enterprises in the remaining months.

According to experts on logistics market, it is expected that the Vietnam’s logistics market will reach the scale of 1.4 billion USD per year in the upcoming 2 – 3 years.

With the presence of the Free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and Eurasian Economic Union, trade relation between two parties has significantly improved.

International organizations forecasted the positive global economic for period 2017 – 2018, with expected growth rate from 3.5-3.6%, thanks to strong recovery from major economies in the first 9 months of 2017.

Consistent quality, food safety and attractive packaging are key factors, of which Vietnamese enterprises should focus on to increase its agricultural products to Korean market.

CEO of Uber Vietnam Dang Viet Dung has left the the company since Oct 1, ater three year holding the position.

In order for export to grow sustainably, in addition to the growth rate, Vietnam need to focus on stabilizing production and increasing added value.

It`s witnessed that the Vietnam`s rice export turnover hold the firm growth.

According to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs and Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), in the first 8 months, shrimp export from Vietnam to European Union (EU) is 483.6 million USD, up 30% compared to the same period of 2016.