The city’s total import-export turnover reached US$60.1 billion in 2024, up 11% year-on-year.

The city will continue to support businesses in exploring new markets, capitalizing on the Free Trade Agreement of which Vietnam is a member.

Local consumers prefer shopping options that offer convenience and assurance of product origin.

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.

Lao Prime Minister (PM) Thongloun Sisoulith held his first-ever dialogue with the Vietnamese business community in Laos in Vientiane on October 21.

The Swiss delegation led by Swiss Minister of State for Economic Affairs Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen Fleisch visited Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment on October 11 during its working visit to Vietnam.

The biggest ever trade delegation of Sweden led by Ms Ann Linde, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and Trade is visiting Vietnam from October 4-6.

According to the recent announcement of the UK-based Brand Finance, the total value of the top 50 most valuable brands on Vietnam’s stock market reaches 7.26 billion USD.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee Truong Thi Mai yesterday met with Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov and discussed measures to intensify traditional friendship and increase the efficiency of trade cooperation between the two nations.