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 completed bilateral negotiations with its partners joining negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in the framework of their recent meeting in Hawaii, the US, reported the Nhan Dan Newspaper.

Departments of Industry and Trade in localities prone to flood and storms must take stock to ensure a stable supply of essential goods and services for affected areas in the rainy and stormy season, a conference heard on August 3.

A parade of the programe titled “Proud of Vietnamese trademarks” in the framework of Week of National Trademark 2015 was held in Hanoi on August 2.

The recently-signed free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will open a lot of favourable opportunities for both Vietnamese and Kazakhstani businesses, especially in tourism secror, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Rapil Zhoshybayev said at the "Doing business in Kazakhstan" forum held in Hanoi on July 30.

The UK hopes to expand business and investment in Vietnam to double bilateral trade in the near future, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said at a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 30.

Viettel Tanzania has helped Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) win the award for the Best Investment Project 2014 in East, Central and West Africa Region, held in Dubai.

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang is attending a meeting of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade ministers, which kicked off in Hawaii, the US, on the morning of July 29 (Vietnam time).

Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said at the conference last week in Hanoi, from August 10, the municipal tourism sector will implement a number of promotion programmes to attract tourists from Belarus and five Western European countries – Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain.

Vietnam will strive to become one of the top four nations in international trade statistics of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by 2017 and one of the top five countries in statistics of the region by 2020.

A forum for business cooperation between Vietnam and Canada took place on July 28 in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing together 200 businesses from both sides to discuss cooperation in economics, education, technology and the environment.

Vietnam and the UK posted 1.32 billion GBP worth of trade revenue within the first five months of 2015, climbing seven percent from 2014 according to the Vietnam Commercial Office at the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK.

According to the General Statistics Office, Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in July increased by 0.13% from last month and 0.9% from the same period last year. The monthly CPI growth in July was the lowest in the past ten years, gaining only 0.68% from the end of 2014.

The Statistics Office of Hanoi announced on July 22 that consumer price index (CPI) of the city in July grew by 0.18% against the previous month`s level and 0.77% over the same month last year.

According to Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, Hanoi Gift Show 2015 will take place from July 27-30 at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre in Ba Dinh district.

The role of the National Assembly in ratifying and implementing free trade agreements (FTAs) was the focus of a workshop held by the NA Committee for External Relations and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in central Thua Thien-Hue province on July 20.

Vietnam will be able to access a huge market of 3.4 billion people when it joins the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

The World Bank (WB) expects Vietnam’s economic growth to hover around 6-6.2 percent in 2015, underpinned by further recovery in domestic demand, robust private consumption and investment growth.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh attended and delivered a speech at the 48 th session of the Emergency Committee for American Trade (ECAT).

The signed and pending free trade agreements (FTAs) will not only provide benefits for the Vietnamese footwear and bag sector, but also a number of challenges due to export goods now requiring clear information on product origin, a conference in Ho Chi Minh City heard on July 15.

According to a decision by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), runway 25R/07L of the Tan Son Nhat International Airport will be closed for repairs at two places spanning a total area of about 10 square metres damaged by lightning.