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.

Head of Vietnam’s trade mission in India Bui Trung Thuong said that Vietnam and India will promote cooperation in potential sectors such as garment and textile, machinery, agriculture, and health and pharmaceuticals.

“After nearly 10 years of the World Trade Organization (WTO) accession, Vietnam businesses have been familiar to the global playground; and besides many challenges, Vietnamese businesses have had a lot of opportunities when investing in expanding production, exploiting the market especially with export markets, etc.”

Consumer price index (CPI) rises 0.1 percent in August, 2016 compared to the previous month and up 2.57 percent over the same period last year.

The Vietnam – Indonesia Friendship Association in collaboration with the Indonesian Embassy in Vietnam held a workshop on economic and trade cooperation potential between Vietnam and Indonesia in Hanoi on August 19.

​The Vietnamese Goods Week has been opened in Thailand, introducing high-quality products and Vietnamese cuisine to Thai people.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed the Government’s determination to lead the country`s tourism sector contributing about 10 - 20% to the GDP by 2020 during a national conference on tourism development in Hoi An city, central Quang Nam province, on August 9.

The report of the municipal People`s Committees showed that in the first 6 months of this year, the city saw a sustainable economic rise. In particular, the municipal tourism sector witnessed a positive result with the growth at 39.3% for international visitors.

According to the report of Hanoi Statistics Office, the consumer price index (CPI) in city continued to increasr in July, the seventh consecutive month of growth.

The Vietnamese parliament will possibly ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in late 2016, according to the National Assembly (NA)`s Committee for External Affairs on Tuesday.

To achieve an economic growth target of 6.7% this year, it is necessary to carry out synchronous measures which are focused on strengthening administrative disciplines at each ministry, agency and locality, the Prime Minister noted at the government’s online meeting with provinces and cities on July 1.

The 13th China-ASEAN Expo 2016 (CAEXPO 2016) has been opened in Hanoi.

Hanoi city needs to be a proactive locality, becoming a start-up business and creative center of the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed at the conference "Hanoi 2016 Investment and Development Cooperation" held in Hanoi on June 4.

According to the newly-approved project to develop a start-up ecosystem, the Vietnamese Government plans to complete the legal system for start-ups and provide support for 800 projects and another 200 start-up firms by 2020.

The success of projects under the Vietnam-Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) free trade agreement (FTA) will contribute to boosting the signing of similar deals between the union and other countries in Asia-Pacific, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov.

Aaccording to the General Department of Viet Nam Customs, the two-way trade turnover between Viet Nam and ASEAN amounted to US$9.74 billion in the first three months.

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.