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.

Vietnam`s military-run telecommunication group Viettel ranks second among the Southeast Asia`s 20 biggest telecommunication brands, according to the latest statement by consultancy firm Brand Finance.

The Mekong Innovative Startup Tourism (MIST) Initiative on March 9 announced in HCM City the two new startup accelerator to support innovative firms in tourism in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.

Vietnam`s automobile sales in February 2017 jumped 50 percent year-on-year to reach 17,621 units, according to Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers` Association (VAMA) in its latest report on Thursday.

Head of the Legal Department of the the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Dau Anh Tuan said at a workshop in Hanoi on March 7, the 2016 report on the satisfaction of enterprises with the taxation sector pointed out positive changes compared to the previous one in 2014.

Electronic commerce in Vietnam has been growing at an average 22 percent a year, heard a conference on new trends of e-commerce on Tuesday in the country`s southern Dong Nai province.

Vietnam`s total retail sales and services revenue crossed 309.3 trillion Vietnamese dong (13.75 billion U.S. dollars) in February 2017, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) on Friday.

According to the announcement of the Vietnam E-commerce Association (Vecom), HCM City took the lead the 2016 e-Business Index (EBI), with 78.6 points, followed by Hanoi (75.8 points).

At the meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on February 17, CEO of Unilever Paul Polman said that Vietnam is an important market of Unilever and committed to continuing long-term business in the country.

China remained the biggest trade partner of Vietnam in the first month of 2017, according to Vietnam Customs on Monday.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has recently sent his letter to the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Australia, calling on the Australian Government to soon lift its ban on prawn and uncooked shelled shrimp imports.

Vietnam and Laos are striving to bring up bilateral trade revenue by 10 percent in 2017, said Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday.

The Southeast Asia (ASEAN) is the world`s fastest growing internet region. However, ASEAN nations are facing with three major challenges in the digital technology, including localized data, ensuring of network security and the assurance of data privacy.

Vietnam expects to achieve 3 billion U.S. dollars in export value of vegetables and fruits in 2017, according to Vietnam Vegetable and Fruit Association.

Rubber was the only product maintaining stable export growth among agriculture, forestry and aquaculture products, with 193 million USD earned from shipments of 102,000 tonnes, up 84.8 percent in value and 10.5 percent in volume from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam is expected to pocket 14.6 billion U.S. dollars from exports in January 2017, down 12 percent from the previous month, said Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam set a targeted to export 360,000 tons of cashew nuts to pocket some 3 billion U.S. dollars in 2017, an increase of 3.4 percent in volume and 5.6 percent in value year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas).

Vietnam exported a total of 177,000 tons of pepper worth 1.42 billion U.S. dollars in 2016, breaking the earlier record of 1.29 billion U.S. dollars set in 2015, according to Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) should devise policies for developing some important industries and encourage all economic sectors, including State-owned enterprises, FDI firms, equitised companies, and cooperatives, to engage in developing industry and trade, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a teleconference on January 6.

For years, the local road 442 through Luu Xa village, Duc Giang commune, Hoai Duc district has formed a busy craft town with rice trading activities.

Vietnam spent some 2.322 billion U.S. dollars on importing 115,000 automobiles in 2016.