Vietnam may become a “new tiger” in Asia, commented Italy’s La Repubblica daily after the World Bank raised the Southeast Asian country’s growth forecast. Goods loading at Hai Phong port (Photo: VNA) The journal cited data from the World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update showing that the region may record growth of 3.2% this year and...

The Chinese province of Zhejiang opened its international trade exhibition and 10th export fair in Hanoi on September 28. At the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA) The events are held at the International Centre of Exhibition in Hoan Kiem district by the Zhejiang Department of Commerce, the Yuanda International Exhibition Co. Ltd, and the Vietnam National Trade Fair &...

Vietnamese e-vehicle maker VinFast will deliver the first batch of new electric motorcycle model Evo200 to customers in northern Hai Phong city on September 29. Evo200, which was introduced in April this year, can travel more than 200km after each full charge (Photo: VNA) Evo200, which was introduced in April this year, can travel more than 200km after each...

The Vietnamese Product Exhibition Week opened at AEON shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City on September 27 to introduce more Vietnamese goods to AEON supermarket chain. At the event (Photo: VNA) The annual event is co-organised by the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC) and the AEON Vietnam Co. Ltd. ITPC Deputy...

Vietnam was praised as a hub for Indian investors to expand their business into other parts of Asia during the 2022 Horasis India Meeting, the foremost annual meeting of India business leaders and their global counterparts that convened on September 26 in the southern province of Binh Duong. The 2022 Horasis India Meeting opens in Binh Duong, September...

Hanoi has started a programme to raise awareness of the benefits of digitalisation among the capital city's small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Businesses and consumers look at some digitalised solutions at an exihibition in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) The city's objective is to provide some 90,000 newly created SMEs with guidance to access their own digitalisation efforts, as well as technical and...

Algeria is committed to developing economic cooperation and trade with Vietnam by establishing a strategic partnership mechanism capable of fully exploiting the economic potential of the two countries on the ground of mutual benefit, acting director general of the National Agency for the Promotion of Foreign Trade (ALGEX) Abdelatif El Houari has said. A rice processing plant in Vietnam....

Vietnamese pomelo has large potential for entering deanding markets including the US, the EU and Japan, according to the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency. Vietnamese pomelo has opportunity to expand exports to many demanding markets. (Photo: VNA) Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, Deputy Director of the Export Promotion Centre, said that Vietnamese pomelo is considered to have superior quality to...

Vietnam is striving to prevent, reduce and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in an effort to remove the European Commission (EC)’s ‘yellow card’ warning as part of a scheme on IUU fishing prevention and control by 2025. Vietnamese fishing vessels (Photo: VNA) The scheme, approved recently by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, aims to monitor fishing...

The disbursement of public investment capital is one of the measures to promote growth, affirmed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh when chairing a nationwide conference on September 26. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) The conference, which is taking place in in-person form in Hanoi with online connection with 63 centrally-run cities and...