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.
The first round-table economic workshop seeking cooperation on trade, investment and tourism between the two countries took place in La Valletta, capital of Malta on May 5.
Viet Nam was expected to ship around 15 million tons of coffee abroad and earn US$ 3 billion in export revenue this year, according to the Viet Nam Coffee And Cocoa Association (Vicofa).
Five years after opening its retail market in line with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments, Vietnamese businesses are meeting with difficulties, struggling to survive in the face of fierce competition from foreign rivals.
The exports of garment and steel in the first quarter of 2014 achieved remarkable growth rates.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang TrungHai on April 19 cut the ribbon to inaugurate an all-steel radial truck tyre factory in the southern province of Binh Duong.
Vietnam imported 2.2 million tonnes of steel valued at US$1.5 billion in the first quarter of 2014, up 1.5% in volume and down 3.7% in value compared to a year earlier.
Deputy Head of the Mongolian Ministry of Agriculture and Industry’s Department of Light Industry Policy Enforcement, Regzenda Sandag, highlighted links between HCM City and the Mongolian textile industry as a key target.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung said that The Government will issue a decree offering more support to the country’s fisheries sector, putting it on a fast and sustainable road to growth.
The Dung Quat Oil Refinery and affiliates on April 15 welcomed an important milestone, working for 600 consecutive days and nights in a safe, stable and effective manner.
Toyota Vietnam (TMV) sold 2,712 cars in March, up 12% from the same period last year, marking three consecutive months of increased revenue.
Motorbike producers have been increasing the number of new models in Vietnam despite slow demand in the local market.
Gazprom Neft, one of the leading oil producers in Russia, is concluding a deal with a Vietnamese partner acquire a stake at the Dung Quat oil refinery and to modernise the plant.
Viet Nam’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for March edged up 4.7% on the same month last year.
Vietnamese tyre exports to Brazil are facing an anti-dumping duty of US$0.59-2.8 per kilo which has posed numerous challenges to the local tyre production sector.
Vietnamese seafood has been exported to 156 global markets, or 16 more than in 2010, with the European Union, the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea and China being the main consumers.
An international seminar providing participants insight into the global opportunities for cooperation in the seafood industry was held in HCM City on March 21.
Japan is now inspecting virtually all shrimp imported from Vietnam for oxytetracycline (OTC) after the antibiotic was detected in two separate batches of shrimp in February and March 2014.
Construction of a US$400 million garment and textile Industrial Park (IP) – the largest in the nation – in Nghia Hung district is expected to break ground in the northern province of Nam Dinh late this year.
Leading economists have forecast a healthy 10% increase in Vietnam’s garment and textile exports for 2014 to US$23 billion.
Viet Nam earned US$ 117.4 million in revenue in 2013, three times higher than that of 2009 when shipping garments and textiles to the Middle East and Africa.
