Vietnam’s e-commerce is expected to reach 20.5 billion USD this year, affirming its important role in the national digital economy, heard a conference held by the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in Hanoi on December 1. A view of the conference. (Photo: VNA) In his remarks, Deputy Minister Do...

Vietnamese firms and their Chinese peers inked 21 agreements and economic contracts in agro-forestry-fishery import and export, trade, logistics, and high-tech agriculture at a November 30 business networking forum held in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh. Vietnamese firms and their Chinese peers sign 21 agreements and economic contracts at a November 30 business networking forum held...

Ho Chi Minh City attracted more than 3 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 11 months of 2023, down 12.9% year-on-year, the city’s Statistics Office has announced. Japanese enterprises invest in production at Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone, Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) In the reviewed period, the country's economic locomotive granted investment certificates...

The Quang Tri People's Committee has recently issued a decision approving the selection of the investor for a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) airport construction project worth over 5.82 trillion VND (239.408 million USD). The design of the Quang Tri airport. (Photo: baoquangtri.vn) The investor who won the bidding is a consortium comprising the T&T transport infrastructure development and investment...

The 15th Vietnam-China international trade and tourism fair opened in Mong Cai City, in the northern border province of Quang Ninh on November 30. At the opening ceremony (Photo: nhandan.vn) The fair has been held in turn by Mong Cai and China’s Dongxing city since 2006, and is included in the annual national trade promotion programme of the Vietnamese...

Vietnam's Ong Cua ST25 rice has won the first prize at the World’s Best Rice 2023 competition, within the framework of the 2023 International World Rice Conference Summit in Cebu, Philippines from November 28-30. Bags of ST25 rice (Photo: VNA) The contest was organised by The Rice Trader, a publication providing in-depth analysis of the global rice industry....

The development of logistics infrastructure, improvement of loading and storage capacity, and formation of a regional – level logistics service centre will help Vietnam better embrace the upcoming global supply chain shifts, experts said at a logistics forum held by the Ho Chi Minh City Logistics Association (HLA) in the city on November 29. At the “Shifting Supply Chains:...

From November 24 to November 30, 2023, the working delegation of the Industrial and Trade Promotion Center under Department of Industry and Trade of Lang Son province attended the Industry and Trade Fair in 2023 of Northeast - Bac Kan Region in Bac Kan city, Bac Kan province. Customers visit and shop at Lang Son province's booth at the...

HaNoi Midnight Sale, a large-scale concentrated promotion event that took place in the capital city from November 24-25, attracted about 2.4 million shoppers who enjoyed more than 3,000 promotion programmes worth over 25 trillion VND (1.03 billion USD), up 20% over last year’s edition. Shoppers at AEON Mall (Photo: VNA) This year, it drew about 200 businesses, trade...

There is ample room for Vietnamese coffee in the Algerian market because importers and consumers in the African country favour the coffee's quality and taste, said Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in Algeria Hoang Duc Nhuan. Harvesting coffee in Dak Lak (Photo: VNA) Nhuan said Algeria is now among the top 10 importers of Vietnam's raw coffee. Vietnamese coffee accounts...