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.
Vietnam’s garment and textile exports to the Republic of Korea (RoK) fetched US$1.37 billion in the past ten months of 2013, up 49.2% compared to last year’s figure, according to the statistics of General Department of Customs.
Vietnam’s export figures for October were up by a healthy 12.8%, compared to the previous month, reaching a total revenue of US$12.61 billion. Imports rose by 11% to US$12.51 billion.
Vietnam will build a tra fish distribution establishment at Zeebrugge port in Belgium to facilitate its exports to the European market.
Vietnam shipped more than 30,700 tonnes of coffee to Mexico in the past 10 months, earning US$63 million or down 19% against the same period last year.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has announced the US recently overtook Japan to become the world’s biggest importer of Vietnamese shrimp.
Footwear businesses are busy with a number of new contracts. Their exports are expected to hit a record high of US$8 billion this year.
They showed a 7.3 percent increase from a year earlier, with the October shipments estimated at US$680 million (up 14 percent) and the third-quarter value at more than US$1.9 billion (up 17.4%).
While Vietnam exports energy, the country may face a serious power shortage in the next decades due to energy squandering and rising demand, experts warned.
Vietnam will become one of the world’s third fastest growing aviation markets, according to Lianhe Zaobao (United Morning) newspaper in its October 23 edition.
Vietnam’s seafood exports to Brazil remain at a modest rate, accounting for 1.8% of its total export volume. Even so many local businesses plan to boost exports to this market which has an average annual growth of 26%.
The Republic of Korea’s Anam Electronics broke ground in Ha Nam province on October 24 for a plant to manufacture electronic equipment for export.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung on October 23 attended a ground breaking ceremony for Nghi Son refinery complex, the second of its kind in Viet Nam, in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa.
Northern Bac Ninh province has set to become a modern industrialized province with technical infrastructure of centrally-run city standards.
The EVN has been found to spend over VND3 billion more than the regulated amount for use to buy luxury vehicles for leaders, according to the Government Inspectorate.
Viet Nam is expected to pocket US$4.5 billion in shipping rubber abroad this year, according to the Viet Nam Rubber Association (VRA).
The Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) said some contents of the recent Government Inspectorate’s conclusion on its non-core business are inaccurate.
Despite being a major tea producer, Vietnam has been urged to restructure its tea industry to enhance its competitiveness and foster sustainable development.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance (MoF) has decided to reduce coal export tariff by 10% from the previous level of 13% in a bid to support local coal producers overcoming ongoing difficulties.
Viet Nam earned over US$4 million from tuna exports to Portugal in the first five months of this year, representing an impressive year-on-year increase of 419 percent.
Industrial production was estimated to post a year-on-year increase of 5.2% thanks to effective policies of the Government, according to the General Statistics Office.
