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.

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).

On February 1, a forum held in Sydney discussed about Vietnamese and Australian trade opportunities that will be created by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement.

The Government held its regular press briefing in Hanoi on January 29 under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Becoming standard practice for many years, on the occasion of Tet, Spring Fair to be held at Giang Vo Exhibition and Fair Centre, Hanoi with many items from different enterprises in the country. This is an opportunity for businesses, distributors to boost trade promotion activities.

Vietnam shipped abroad phones and phone components worth US$30.18 billion last year, up 27.9% from a year earlier, according to the General Department of Customs.

Of more than 200 countries and territories that Vietnam had trade relations with last year, there were 29 countries that the country had export turnover of more than US$1 billion.

The rate of exports in 2015 increasing by 8.1% compared with 2014 have been attributed by the National Trade Promotion Programme, however, in 2016, the programme need to be more effective, aiming to help businesses seek markets and expanding their relationships with foreign partners.

Vietnam and the EU finished their fifth round of negotiations on the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade, with sound outcomes, as heard during a press conference held on January 22.

Many domestic producers have moved their markets to rural areas as local fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) firms are facing severe competition with imported products in urban areas.

Logistics trading is not provided adequate conditions for development in Vietnam though it is considered a cash cow sector, Nguyen Cam Tu, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, said. International logistics cooperation is essential for Vietnam, especially in the context of global integration and ASEAN Economic Community.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will provide economic impetus predominantly to Vietnam, Japan and Malaysia among other parties to the deal by 2030, according to a Global Economic Prospects report recently released by the World Bank Group (WBG).

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat said at a conference in Hanoi on January 5 to review the sector’s 2015 performance that the export turnover of the agro-forestry-fisheries products reached 140.6 billion USD in the 2011 to 2015 period, a growth rate of 9% year-on-year.

Vietnam`s gross domestic product was expected to have grown 6.2 percent in 2015, driven mostly by industrial expansion and growth in construction and services.

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) officially came into being on December 31, opening up opportunities for more intensive cooperation in various areas among member countries.

Vietnam, more than most countries, relies heavily on international trade as a pillar of its economy. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has pledged to help the nation’s businesses increase foreign trade.

In the atmosphere of Christmas Day and Tet Holiday that are coming, a myriad of promotional programmes have been launched by supermarket chains to serve consumer demand.