The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on July 16 said Vietnam’s economic growth is projected to slow to 6.5 percent in 2019 from a 10-year high of 7.1 percent in 2018, reflecting weakening external conditions.
Fraud of origin, illegal transmission and counterfeiting of Vietnamese goods labels affect genuine businesses and consumers and cause damage to the national economy. The General Department of Customs and Customs Departments of provinces and cities have developed a solution against fraud origin, anti-illegal transport and anti-counterfeiting of goods labels.
The visit made by the delegation of the Ile-de-France region to Hanoi will further enhance the cooperation between Vietnam and France as well as the Vietnamese capital city and French capital region.
Vietnam is an important trading partner and a strategic destination for enterprises from the Republic of Korea (ROK) as part of their southward expansion investment strategy, said experts at conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 16.
The building of a plan on tourism development at the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area was the main topic of a seminar in Pleiku city, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, on July 15.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh expressed his delight at the comprehensive and practical development of the Vietnam – Japan extensive strategic partnership during a reception in Hanoi on July 15 for Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan Kanehara Nobukatsu.
The United States has just officially adopted a temporary anti-tax avoidance measure oncold rolled steel (CR) and corrosion resistant steel products (CORE) imported from Vietnam. However, this move is not expected to have too much of a negative impact on the Vietnamese steel industry.
The White Book, compiled by the General Statistics Office under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, contains essential information assessing the development of enterprises across the country and in localities in the period from 2016 to 2018.
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on July 10 by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) to launch the Trade Facilitation Programme.
The 2019 Vietnam – Cambodia Trade and Investment Promotion Forum was held on July 9 in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.
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