The national plan for e-commerce development in the 2021-2025 period aims to turn e-commerce into one of the pioneering area of the digital economy, helping enhance the competitiveness of businesses and promoting the growth of both domestic market and export, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan.
Vietnam's honey industry is too dependent on the US market. Therefore, the US Department of Commerce (DOC)'s anti-dumping investigation on honey products from mid-May 2021 until now has severely affected honey exports as well as the lives of beekeepers.
Vietnam exported 60,700 tons of vegetables to Taiwan in the past nine months, worth US$40.3 million, up by 81.6% in volume and 68.9% in value year-on-year.
Boosting the development of the supporting industry is considered an important solution to help improve the quality and competitiveness of the Vietnamese economy and better serve the processing-manufacturing sector.
The Vietnam Institute of Economics (VIE) on November 16 held a webinar named “Blue economy: Opportunities, challenges and solutions for sustainable development”, aiming to seek ways to develop the sea-based economy, build the blue economy, and ensure harmony between socio-economic development and environmental protection.
Trade has become a pillar of the growing bilateral relationship between Vietnam and the US, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Hoang Quang Phong said on November 16.
The UK's Daily Mail newspaper has published an article hailing Vietnam as one of the world’s economic success stories.
Amid a protracted COVID-19 outbreak, socio-economic data in October showed the contraction has bottomed out and Vietnam's economy has made positive changes, the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam said in its Vietnam macroeconomic update for November released on November 12.
The Management Board of HCM City Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park Authority (HEPZA) on November 12 said the investment inflow into the city's industrial zones has shown many positive signs.
It is possible to keep the inflation under 4 percent this year but inflationary pressure is expected to be great next year, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong told the National Assembly’s Q&A session on November 12.
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