Hanoi and South Korea's Incheon aim to increase their visibility among Vietnamese and international travelers through a series of events to promote MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) tourism and medical tourism to Vietnam.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Construction Ministry to cut the time for administrative procedures by one third, making it easier for businesses and residents to carry out construction projects.
A pick up in the pace of handicraft orders from Japan and China have flooded the Vietnamese market recently, creating an opportunity for the industry to achieve its export turnover target of US$1.6 billion this year.
The public relations (PR) industry in Vietnam has huge potential for development, but a legal framework and code of practice are needed to ensure healthy development of the industry.
Vietnamese shrimp exports to the Republic of Korea (RoK) skyrocketed 92.2% since the start of the year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP).
Four members of a cooperative group in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have become the first Tra fish farmers in Vietnam to receive the GLOBALGAP certificate.
The Ministry of Transport has enacted a revised zoning plan increasing the number of ports at the Dung Quat deep water seaport No2 in Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ) in central Quang Ngai province to 27 by 2030.
If the beef industry does not undergo a remarkable transformation, it will not be sufficiently competitive with imported beef in the future to survive, according to Nguyen Dang Vang, President of the Vietnam Husbandry Association.
A delegation of leading representatives from the Australian seafood industry has toured the Mekong Delta region from August 3-10 to learn more about aquaculture cooperation and investment opportunities in Vietnam.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) may signal golden opportunities for exports in many of Vietnam’s sectors, but it is creating big challenges for the timber processing.
The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors on August 8 approved a loan of US$500 million to the Vietnamese Government to improve the capacity, efficiency and reliability of electricity transmission.
The Prime Minister has directed concerned ministries and agencies to monitor shrimp production and trade more strictly.
Binh Dinh Fishery Joint Stock Company (Bidifisco) and Japanese Kato Hitoshi General Office Co Ltd (Kato Office) have signed a contract to export ocean tuna to Japan.
While motorcycle dealers bemoan the slowest sales in a decade, manufacturers are busy, introducing new models in the hope of triggering a revival.
Facing a lack of coal for power generation, Vietnamese state-owned enterprises are rushing to look for foreign coal suppliers.
Better policies are needed to improve the capacity of support-industry companies, particularly electronics firms, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung.
The Government has approved a new development strategy for the auto industry to enable it to meet domestic demand and join world production.
Automobile joint ventures in Vietnam have been importing pick-up trucks from their factories in Southeast Asia in large quantities for domestic sale.
Vietnam exported 133,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts at US$847 million during the first six months of the year, up 20.1% in volume and 22.1% in value on-year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reports.
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) will officially impose anti-dumping taxes on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) imported from Vietnam on September 2.
The domestic tuna industry will find it difficult to reach its export value target for the year because of reduction in exports since the beginning of this year.
