Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 5.64% in the first half of this year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on June 29.
Container freight rates from Vietnam to many international ports have increased by nearly six times compared to the beginning of 2020, but firms are still facing difficulties in accessing empty containers. Thus, it is necessary to establish a working group of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to review and remove current difficulties in logistics costs and the lack of containers.
Exports of squid and octopus to the US market are growing at a high rate. In May 2021, Vietnam's octopus and squid exports to this market increased at a "galloping" rate of 538% from the same period a year prior.
The Vietnamese economy has fared better than most during the COVID-19 pandemic and is well placed to capture renewed FDI interest, according to an article posted on the UK website lexology.com on June 23.
Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn on Tuesday chaired the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) High-level Policy Dialogue, themed “ASEM at 25: Strengthening Asia-Europe Partnership in a Transforming World” held both in-person and virtually in Hà Nội.
Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to promote the early establishment of a joint technical working group on a digital partnership, towards a bilateral agreement on digital economy.
Many Indian companies want to come to Vietnam and explore investment opportunities after the COVID-19 situation comes under control, Dr Madan Mohan Sethi, Indian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, has said.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Tuesday will impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on cane sugar originating from Thailand at an overall margin rate of 47.64 per cent.
The COVID-19 health crisis and resulting wide-ranging and deeply-felt economic upheaval has flipped the logistics industry on its head, leaving ill-protected freight firms in dire need of emergency State support to survive hardships.
The first National Food Systems Summit Dialogue was held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in partnership with a number of ministries, the UN in Vietnam and international development partners in Hanoi on June 15 morning.
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