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Retailers expand despite fall in demand

Hanoi , July 18 (VNA) – Despite a decrease in consumption demands and retail turnover, domestic retailers are continuing to open more outlets in the capital with an eye on industry potential.

VN works with Indonesia to strengthen ASEAN’s role

Hanoi , July 18 (VNA) – Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has highly valued the contributions by Indonesia and Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa to enhancing ASEAN’s role.

FTAs expected to pave the way for apparel exports

Hanoi , July 17 (VNA) – Vietnam ’s garment and textile exports have registered an annual growth of 25-30 percent in recent years, earning 15.6 billion USD in 2011.

Vietnamese exports face more technical barriers

HCM City , July 17 (VNA) – Apart from challenges such as falling prices and the contraction in the number of orders, Vietnamese exporters are facing more and more technical barriers and the trend of trade protection of importers.

Vietnam, Sri Lanka target 1 billion USD trade by 2015

Hanoi , July 17 (VNA) – Vietnam and Sri Lanka have agreed to boost two-way trade to 1 billion USD by 2015.

VN, Japan cooperate in chemical risk management

Hanoi , July 16 (VNA) – Vietnam and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding on improving Vietnam ’s chemical risk management system, in Hanoi on July 15.

Ambassador pushes Vietnam-Japan’s cooperation

Tokyo , July 15 (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung has made a fact-finding tour of Ibaraki and some northeast prefectures to seek ways to promote cooperation between Vietnam and those localities.In Ibaraki prefecture, a scientific-technological hub and a leading agricultural production centre of Japan , Ambassador Hung and his delegation on July 14 met with Governor Masaru Hashimoto, and the Ibaraki chapter of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association.