The 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week will officially kick off this week in the central city of Danang, with CEOs of thousands of firms from APEC member economies gathering and discussing investment and business opportunities and plans in Vietnam. Nguyen Dat reports.
With the leading position in Southeast Asia, Vietnam’s wood production and processing industry is under the spotlight of foreign companies and suppliers.
Empowering female entrepreneurs is a no-brainer in the most important areas - employment generation and sustainable development; the evidence is that they are more responsible stewards, writes Thu Vân.
Senior representatives from APEC will hold a news conference on Tuesday in the central city of Đà Nẵng to provide insights into the week’s meetings of the region’s leaders and ministers to shape the direction of Asia-Pacific trade and globalisation policy.
Exporters will no longer be allowed to borrow bank loans in foreign currencies beginning next year, if the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) does not extend a circular regulating the loans.
The export of tra (catfish) is still facing difficulties although exports for January-September hit US$1.3 billion, up 5.8 per cent over the same period last year, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Sino-Vietnamese and Sino-Laos economic and trade relations have achieved good progress in recent years and the ties will grow stronger in the future, a Chinese trade official said Thursday.
Vietnam has been considered as a “fertile land” for foreign food firms as many trademarks from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan and Thailand are seeking ways to penetrate the 93 million-strong market.
Official: Vietnam hoping for revised TPP trade agreement by time of regional economic summit next week.
Vietnam moved up 14 places to rank 68th among 190 economies in the World Bank (WB)’s Doing Business 2018 report themed “Reforming to Create Jobs”.
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