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.

Vietnam’s achievements and missed opportunities in the reform process and international economic integration were reviewed at the Autumn Economic Forum entitled “Vietnam`s Economy: Integration and Sustainable Development”.

E-ticket and e-receipt systems of the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) will be officially launched from September 1.

Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a press conference on August 28 to announce a fair featuring the city’s agricultural products and craft villages.

Vietnam has developed 400 business associations nationwide, but their links and cooperation have been poor, Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vu Tien Loc said at a conference on integration and institutional reform, and competitive capacity improvement in new context in Da Nang on August 25.

Japan and four Southeast Asian nations along the Mekong River Basin – Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand – have approved a plan to speed up industrial development in the region.

Vietnam’s exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hit 3.463 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, up 23.37 percent year on year, reported Nhan dan (People) daily.

According to an announcement of the National Assembly’s Economic Committee, the 2015 Autumn Economic Forum will be organised in the central province of Thanh Hoa on August 27.

Representatives of Hanoi apparel and footwear businesses met Czech entrepreneurs face-to-face in Prague on August 20 to seek opportunities to make inroads into East European markets via the Czech Republic after a long hiatus.

Vietnamese coffee, tea, confectionery, fine arts and others are on display for the first time at the traditional Ukrainian trade fair taking place in Veliki Sorochinsy, Ukraine’s central province of Poltava from August 18-25.

Opportunities and shortcomings in economic, trade, investment and tourism ties between Vietnam and China were the main topics at a seminar in Beijing on August 20, aiming to help raise bilateral trade value to 100 billion USD.

A delegation of 15 Philippine businesses operating in food, packing and business franchises attended a trade exchange in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18 with Vietnamese enterprises to seek cooperation opportunities in the country.

The Ministry of Finance has sent a document to provincial departments of finance to strengthen the prices management of essential goods, as well as ask transport firms to cut fees based upon recent petrol price decreases.

Vietnam and the EU have reached a framework agreement on the creation of a free trade zone under which almost all customs barriers between the partners will be eliminated.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued Decision 8266 approving a detailed design for the competitive electricity wholesale market.

The Vietnam-European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was finalised earlier this month, yet textiles remain a sticking point as EU negotiators fear China will use Vietnam as a backdoor for cheap textile imports into the EU, United Kingdom-based Financial Times reported.

Vietnam continues to grow as a manufacturing hub, climbing to first place on Cushman & Wakefield`s 2014 Growth Index, a ranking of the top 15 manufacturing locations by growth in emerging markets.

The Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) will open a representative office in Hanoi latter this year to embrace economic links with Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued Decision No. 1233 approving a project on import management by 2020 in accordance with international commitments. The decision has been valid since its issuance on August 3.

Vietnam always welcomes and will create the most favourable conditions for Malaysian investors and those from other ASEAN member states to do business in the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed at the dialogue with members of the ASEAN Business Club (ABC) and Malaysian enterprises in Kuala Lumpur on August 8.

The Vietnam Competition Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on August 5 that the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) announced to end its investigation into of galvanised steel imported from Vietnam.