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.

Vietnam is considered a land of opportunities where consumers now have more power and willingness to spend, according to a recent report released by the global performance measurement company Nielsen.

The northern province of Quang Ninh, home to the World Natural Heritage Ha Long Bay, organised numerous activities to promote its tourism in the UK within the framework of the Vietnam Discovery event from September 10-13.

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam`s crude oil exploitation output in 2015 is estimated to reach 17.58 million tonnes, rising 4.6% from the annual target of the government.

Prices of essential goods continued their downward trend this month, including those of petrol, oil and gas, according to the Ministry of Finance`s Price Management Department.

The northern province of Bac Giang has set up a Japan Desk to support Japanese investors in their operation in the locality, heard an investment promotion conference held in the province on September 9.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and China’s national postal administration signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on postal cooperation in Hanoi on September 10.

The implementation of the national single window customs mechanism and the technical connectivity with the ASEAN mechanism is a turning-point in accelerating administrative reform towards an e-government, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh said at the lauching ceremony of the mechanism held in Hanoi on September 8.

Representatives from about 70 Vietnamese and Egyptian enterprises shared information on business opportunities at a forum in Cairo on September 7.

The Ministry of Transport is investigating transport companies who have failed to lower prices amid a drop in petrol costs.

On the sidelines of the 2015 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia from September 3-5, Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang met with several Russian officials on ways to promote trade and investment connections between the two countries.

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang joined about 5,000 delegates from 30 countries and territories at the Eastern Economic Forum 2015 in Vladivostok, Russia from September 3-5.

According to the General Statistics Office under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the total value of Vietnam`s exports reached over 106 billion USD in the past eight months of this year, up 9% against the same period last year.

Vietnam Airlines first Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner made its highly anticipated initial landing at Heathrow Airport in London on September 1, showcasing the airlines new corporate identity and brand image.

Garments and textile businesses are striving hard to be at the forefront to avail opportunities ushered in by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Forty-two business associations of the Republic of Korea (RoK) sent a letter to the country’s National Assembly on August 30, calling for a quick approval of free trade agreements (FTAs) with Vietnam, China and New Zealand to help boost the RoK’s exports.

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.