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.

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.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade organised the 2016 Commercial Counsellor Conference in Hanoi on February 26. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the event.

Nineteen contracts and agreements on shipbuilding worth over 500 billion VND (22.4 million USD) were reached at the eighth International Exhibition on Shipbuilding, Shipping and Offshore Technology (Vietship 2016) from February 24 to 26.

The Commercial Counsellor Conference 2016 was opened in the central city of Da Nang by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on February 24.

The World Bank is now embarking on a process to design its next strategy to support Vietnam in implementing the 2016-2020 socio-economic development programme and achieve the set objectives in the period.

Tra fish exports to the UK hit 46 million USD last year, an increase of 13.9 percent against 2014, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).