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.

Luc Ngan lychee of the northern province of Bac Giang sold well in supermarkets in Paris and southern Toulouse city, as provided by Thanh Binh Jeune Import-Export company.

A Vietnam Business Forum was held in Tokyo on June 12, aiming to support Vietnamese businesses in Japan to expand their operations in the host country and head to the homeland.

Vietnam and the European Union (EU) will conduct the next round of negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (EV-FTA) in Brussels, Belgium this week.

The number of businesses halting operations declined 5.3 percent to 22,700 in the first five months of this year, with many waiting for opportunities to return the market, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong.

Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with Emart Supermarket, one of the largest retailers in the Republic of Korea (RoK) opened a week of Vietnamese goods in Emart on June 8.

Starting next month, Mong Cai border gate will remain open for immigration activity from 7am to 8pm (Hanoi time), one hour later than the current closing time of 7pm.

National Assembly deputies expect that Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) will give local enterprises both opportunities and challenges, forcing them to reform if they are to survive and grow.

The national flagship carrier Vietnam Airlines has said it received the 2014 silver award for best services at Incheon international airport in the Republic of Korea.

Deputy Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Ngoc Tuan has issued a municipal plan for informating and communicating on international economic integration in 2015.

The signing of a new trade agreement between Vietnam and Laos is expected to raise the bilateral trade to US$2 billion in 2015, heard a working session between Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang and Lao Party General Secretary and State President Choummaly Sayasone in Vientiane on May 30.

The signing of a new trade agreement between Vietnam and Laos is expected to raise the bilateral trade to US$2 billion in 2015, heard a working session between Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang and Lao Party General Secretary and State President Choummaly Sayasone in Vientiane on May 30.

Argentina newspaper "Clarin" on May 27 run an article, praising Vietnam’s economic achievements in recent years and economic and trade cooperation opportunities with the country.

The Prime Minister agreed to hold a forum on ASEAN’s food and agriculture business environment in post-2015 in Hanoi from June 23-25, 2015.

KTĐT - The consumer price index (CPI) for May saw an increase of 0.16% over April and a year-on-year surge of 0.95%, the General Statistics Offices (GSO) said on May 24. 

The Russian Government announced its approval of a draft agreement on the establishment of a free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam, according to the Russian news agency TASS on May 25.

Vietnamese enterprises should try to raise the bilateral trade turnover with Russia to 20 billion USD by 2020 following a Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to be signed later this month, President Truong Tan Sang has said.

According to the General Department of Customs, Vietnam exported some 59 billion USD worth of commodities in the first four months of 2015, increasing by 6.9% in the comparison to the same period of last year.

Chairwoman and CEO of Vietnam Dairy Products ( Vinamilk), Mai Kieu Lien, was presented with an award at the 20th Nikkei Asia Prizes at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan on May 20.

The HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) in collaboration with officials from Yangon City on May 20 co-organized a fifth Ho Chi Minh Expo at Tatmadaw Hall in Myanmar’s largest and most commercially important city.

The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea will ratify the Vietnam – RoK Free Trade Agreement to complete the necessary legal corridor, accelerating investment and trade between the two countries.