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.

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.

According to a survey of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) released in Hanoi on May 14, the Vietnamese economy is forecast to increase moderately at 6.1-6.2% thanks to improving exports, investment and household purchasing demand.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade officially launched the pilot electronic certificate of origin (C/O) issuance system on May 14.

Bac Giang Provincial People`s Committee hold a recent meeting to discuss measures in boosting lychee sales this year with the participation of relevant ministries, companies and hundreds of farmers in the locality.

Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade held a press conference to announce the 2015 International Exhibition Fair for Environment and Energy Technology on May 11. The exhibition will take place from May 20-22 at the Hanoi International Exhibition Centre at 91 Tran Hung Dao Street.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Governor Chen Hao of Yunnan province, China in Hanoi on May 11 during his working visit to Vietnam.