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.

Dragonair of Cathay Pacific announced it will raise the number of weekly flights between Danang and Hong Kong to 7 from the current 4 as of December 18.

Vietnam’s leading low-cost carrier VietJet Air will officially open a new route from Vinh to Da Lat as of December 24 to mark the fifth Da Lat Flower Festival and 2013 Da Lat Culture and Tourism Week.

Vietnam and Thailand are each other’s key trade partners and they have great potential for strengthening their trade ties.

Many people have been tricked out of money in a rush to buy low-cost plane tickets as the busy year-end season approaches.

Vietnam expects to accelerate the ongoing negotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) and sign the pact with the European Union in 2014 as scheduled.

A hearing on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on November 12.

The local low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific will open two domestic air routes from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang and Phu Quoc from December 15, using Airbus A320-180 aircrafts.

Nearly 200 domestic businesses are showcasing their products at the 2013 Mekong Seafood Trade Fair in Ca Mau city as part of the national trade promotion programme.

Bilateral trade turnover between Vietnam and the UK reached US$3.4 billion in the first eight months of the year, up 25% against the same period last year, according to the Vietnamese embassy’s trade office in the UK and Northern Ireland.

Policymakers and economists have advised Vietnamese businesses to have new strategic thinking about the building of trademarks in the context of international integration.

Vietnam’s trade turnover was estimated at US$11.61 billion in the first half of October 2013, with its export revenue worth US$5.75 billion, the Vietnam Customs reported.

Thien Minh Tourism JSC (TMG) recently announced that it has bought an 89% stake in Hai Au Airlines, a private Vietnamese airline.

Leaders of ASEAN and India have agreed to raise their two-way trade value to US$100 billion by 2015.

Leaders of ASEAN and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have agreed to lift up two-way trade value to US$150 billion by 2015.

Viet Nam’s trade deficit in the past eight months stood at US$ 600 million, according to the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam.

The national flag carrier, Viet Nam Airlines (VNA) has announced a plan to launch a direct air route connecting Moscow of Russia and central coastal city of Nha Trang of Vietnam on April 5.

Anti-dumping and anti-subsidy lawsuits are posing a big challenge to Vietnam during its international integration process.

More than 1,000 entrepreneurs, directors, economists and managers participated in Vietnam Human Resources Day 2012 (Vietnam HR Day) at the White Palace Convention Centre in HCM City o­n October .This was an open forum to connect businesses leaders and the human resources from EduViet Corporation, the Vietnam Young Business Association, Hanoi National Economics University, Vietnam Human Resource Forum - HRlink.vn and Vietnam Director Human Resources Club.

Seafood export earnings are expected to hit around US$6.5 billion this year.

The Hanoitimes -  China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is putting o­n a four-day trade fair in Hanoi starting from July 26, with the expected participation of 120 companies from Guangxi.