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.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) and Viet Nam will have more trade cooperation opportunities, especially after their negotiations on a free trade agreement are concluded.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong agreed to conclude negotiations on the signing of a new bilateral trade agreement, which forms the legal framework for achieving the two countries’ goal of US$2 billion in trade by 2015.

Preferential tax policies would lower the cost of capital and thus stimulate foreign investment in Vietnam and Russia, says Prof.Dr Vladimir Mazyrin, Director of the Far East Institute’s Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia’s Science Academy.

International trade throws up a number of risks exporters must be better equipped to handle, said Nguyen Chi Mai head of the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) at a recent conference in Ho Chi Minh City.

Trung Nguyen café pubs and coffee products will soon appear in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as a result of an agreement between the Trung Nguyen Coffee Group and Global Hotels Management LLC (GHM).

The national steering committee of the ASEAN one-stop-shop (OSS) mechanism launched a project to create national single windows (NSW) at international seaports.

Retail Asia magazine on November 10 unveiled the selection of Saigon Commercial Cooperative Union (Saigon Co.op) and The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World) as among the top 500 Asia-Pacific retailers at an awards ceremony in Singapore.

Leading international trade experts from the EU and Vietnam staged a seminar on November 11 in the southern province Binh Duong discussing fair trade practices and protection measures.

The Vietnam-China Border Trade Fair taking place on November 8-12 in Hekou, China has resulted in about 19 business deals worth US$440 million so far, according to the Lao Cai province Department of Industry and Trade.

Jetstar Pacific took delivery of its ninth Airbus A320 aircraft on November 5 and the first equipped with Sharklet wings at Tan Son Nhat international airport in HCM City.

Leading economists have forecast pepper exports to remain at high levels this year, amounting to 150,000 tonnes in volume and raking in more than US$1 billion in total revenue.

Difficulties in tax and customs policies topped the agenda of the dialogue that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) conducted with enterprises yesterday.

​Vietnam takes the lead in the world in rice export. It ranks ninth in exporting high quality seafood, vegetables and tropical fruit, said the Republic of Korea’s Consul General Oh Jae Hack at a seminar in HCM City on October 29.

​The two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and Malaysia is projected to climb to a record high of US$10 billion in 2014, according to Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Azmil Mohd Zabidi.

Vietnam joined more than 50 diplomatic missions and many international organisations in a diplomatic fair in Pretoria, South Africa on October 25.

During the first half of October, exports dipped 13.9% compared to the second half of September to US$6.2 billion resulting in a trade shortfall of US$438 million.

Vietnam imports of milk and dairy products for the third quarter increased by 4% valued at US$838 million.

The Costa Rica media announced that the HanesBrands Inc. of the US is going to close the Cartex Manufactura in coming November, its branch at this Central America`s country and move to Vietnam, aiming at reaching a maximum business efficiency.

Businesses and producers should provide comprehensive product information to prevent the illegal trade in counterfeit goods, as it is difficult to differentiate genuine from fake items.

In a move certain to unleash fierce competition in the nation’s retail market, Vietnam will fully open it to foreign retailers as of January 2015, in line with World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments