Hanoi (VNA) - The EU-Vietnam free trade agreement (EVFTA) is expected to bring many benefits in protection of intellectual property rights in Vietnam. Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh speaks at the conference in Hanoi on August 27 (Photo: VNA) The implementation will help Vietnamese enterprises protect the results of investment to creative activities from innovation of...

Hanoi (VNA) - The daily reference exchange rate was set at 23,129 VND per USD on August 28, down 1 VND from the previous day (August 27). The daily reference exchange rate was set at 23,129 VND per USD on August 28, down 1 VND from the previous day (August 27) (Photo: VNA) With the current trading band...

Hanoi (VNA) – The agro-forestry-fishery sector raked in an estimate 3.64 billion USD from exports in August, raising the total value in the first eight months of the year to 26.6 billion USD, up 1.6 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. (Illustrative photo: VNA) Best performers in the period include wood...

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Director General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) Abdulhamid Alkhalifa in Hanoi on August 27, saying that OFID-funded projects have helped to improve Vietnamese people’s lives. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) receives OFID Director General Abdulhamid Alkhalifa in Hanoi on August 27 (Photo: VNA) PM Phuc highlighted...

Sydney (VNA) – The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia is working to help Vietnamese longan exporters to obtain an import licence from the Australian Government as soon as possible. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The information was released at a Vietnam - Australia business connection conference held in Sydney last weekend, which gathered leaders of 7 Vietnamese localities – Tuyen...

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Increasing meat imports are adding to the pressure on the country’s livestock industry brought by free trade agreements and the African swine flu epidemic, experts said. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Vietnam imported 8,000 tonnes of pork and more than 142,000 tonnes of chicken in the first eight months of this year, three times the volume...

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Digital transformation is creating opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses in Vietnam but also bringing new risks, according to experts. Small- and medium-sized businesses need to pay more attention to cybersecurity, according to experts. (Photo courtesy of Kaspersky) SMBs account for 98 percent of all enterprises and 40 percent of GDP in Vietnam. In the...

Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) collected over 219 billion VND (over 9.6 million USD) from an auction of its shares at the EVN Finance Joint Stock Company (EVN Finance), as it is trying to divest from the company, according to the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX). Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The number of divested shares is 18.75 million...

Vietnam now has some US$300 billion in foreign direct investment undisbursed; of which US$200 billion finds itself in a hopeless deadlock, a senior expert has said. Nguyen Mai, Chairman of Vietnam Association of Foreign- Invested Enterprises (VAFIE) Nguyen Mai, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Foreign- Invested Enterprises (VAFIE), assumed that if the country does not increase its right...

NDO - With an expected decrease in electronics exports, Vietnam is projected to still secure its export goal this year on account of an increase in export of traditional items such as textiles and agricultural products. Vietnam’s export target remains reachable thanks to a boost in export of traditional items Spain-based FocusEconomics, which provides in-depth economic analysis globally, just...