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 municipal Statistics Office, the city earned approximately 3.4 billion USD from exports in the first four months of this year, increasing by 0.2% against the same period last year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired an online conference themed "Businesses – momentum for national economy" with enterprises across the country in HCM City on April 29.

Twenty-four Vietnamese enterprises are participating in the 2016 Global Seafood Expo in Brussels, Belgium, from April 26-28.

At a conference held in Hanoi on April 26, Sweden’s Ambassador to Vietnam Camilla Mellander said Sweden appreciates Vietnam’s trade role in ASEAN and the country has many opportunities to be an equal win-win partner with Sweden.

According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April rose by 0.33% against the previous month, and increased by 1.89% over the same period last year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony to start the construction of the South Hoi An Resort tourism complex with the total capital of 4 billion USD in the central coastal province province of Quang Nam on April 24.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat held the APEC Public-Private dialogue on facilitating infrastructure investment to enhance food security in Hanoi on April 21.

The fourth negotiation round on trade and economic development agreement for the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA) convened from April 18-20 in Vietnam.

On April 15, representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina participated in a round of talks between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

Vietnamese businesses and joint ventures are taking and promoting their products at the Food & Hotel Asia 2016 (FHA) expo in Singapore from April 12-15.

On April 12, the Plant Protection Department (PPD), under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, announced that Taiwan has agreed to reopen its doors to Vietnamese white flesh dragon fruit, since June 1, 2016.

They are Mrs Thai Huong - Chairman of TH Group (58 years old); Mrs Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - CEO of Vietjet Air (46 years old) and Mrs Cao Thi Ngoc Dung - Chairman and CEO of PNJ Group (58 years old).

Vietnam is the second-most optimistic country in consumer confidence in the Asia-Pacific, following Myanmar, as per the MasterCard Index of Consumer Confidence.

On March 28, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam hosted reception for Cambodian Minister of Industry and Handicrafts Cham Prasidh and hailed the developments in Viet Nam-Cambodia relations.

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and and his Russian counterpart Denis Manturov signed an intergovernmental Protocol on supporting the production of motor vehicles in Moscow on March 21.

Vietnam’s economy is meeting many challenges in the coming time, but with its achievements gained in recent years and opportunities from recently-signed free trade agreements, especially the TPP, the country surely has favourable oppoturnities to lift growth and catch up with other economies.

The Vietnamese, Indonesian and Malaysian embassies in Venezuela have coordinated with the Latin America and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) to organise a workshop on ASEAN-SELA economic cooperation, in the capital Caracas.

The Indian Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has imposed anti-dumping duties of US$1.87-2.77 per kilo on measuring tapes imported from Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Speaking at the 9th Forum on Vietnam National Branding in Hanoi on March 11, Director of the Department of Trade Promotion, under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Bui Huy Son affirmed that in the coming time, the department will continue to implement the practical activities in supporting enterprises to build and promote the national brand.

A conference themed “TPP agreement: from ratification to implementation”, that was jointly held by the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations and the US Agency for International Development, opened in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on March 4.