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.

Total export revenue of Samsung Electronics Vietnam Company Limited (SEV) is expected to reach 36.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2016, up 9.3 percent year-on-year, despite the Galaxy Note 7 incident, SEV announced.

Export revenue of Vietnamese timber and wood products is estimated to reach 7.3 billion U.S. dollars, up 1 percent yer-on-year, according the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

On August 11, a workshop on the project "Law on amending and supplementing laws on investment and business" organized by the Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM), the incompatibilities among provisions of the Law on Investment and Law on Enterprises together with the provisions of other relevant laws, including the Law on Land were figured out.

Many Vietnamese enterprises have branched out to the world and made contribution to bringing Vietnamese brands closer to international consumers.

“Hanoi Goods Week in Moscow 2016” will focus on typical goods of Hanoi, and create chances for Hanoi enterprises to connect to trade goods.

South Korea`s exports to Vietnam continued to expand this year, apparently helped by bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) amid a downturn in global trade.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Vietnam Initiative held a roundtable conference between the Prime Minister of Vietnam and Global network of experts on Vietnam`s development in Hanoi on December 13.

Børge Brende, Foreign Minister of Norway recently said that Norway, as a member of the European Free Trade Association, has given priority to negotiating free trade agreements with a number of Asian countries, including Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and Vietnam.

Hanoi authority are raising more concerns about food safety and hygiene in the coming Tet holiday, as some recent visible violations related to animal slaughter in the city are especially troubling.

At the fifth meeting of the Vietnam-Argentina Inter-Governmental Committee in Hanoi, it is reported that two-way trade between Vietnam and Argentina reached 2.42 billion USD in the period from January to early November this year.

The boosting of trade links between Hanoi with localities nationwide will ensure the goods supply to serve the city`s market during the upcoming Lunar New Year in 2017.

On November 30, the Capital of Hanoi inaugurated a public procurement centre, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

On November 29, the General Department of Vietnam Customs organized a workshop to develop an action plan for implementation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) in Hanoi.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong and European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella co-chaired a press conference in Hanoi on November 18 to announce the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLEGT).

The fifth dialogue, themed “Developing small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam and Germany”, between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), was held in Hanoi on November 15.

During the 14th National Assembly’s second session, deputies highlighted that the tourism industry has been considered to develop into a the country`s spearhead industry, thus it is necessary to amend the existing tourism law to remove obstacles for the sector’s growth.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, promoting exports in the remaining months of this year mainly depends on taking full advantage of opportunities, overcoming difficulties, particularly expanding export markets as well as effectively utilizing opportunities from the country’s international integration.

The recent statistics show that Vietnam recorded a 3.5 billion USD trade surplus in the January-October period of 2016.

In October, the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.83% against September and 4.09% over the same period last year, the General Statistics Office announced on October 28.

On October 22, National Assembly (NA) deputies had group discussions on the economic restructuring plan for 2016-2020, the implementation of the socio-economic development plan for 2016, and the socio-economic development plan for next year.