Vietnam needs experience shared by APEC member economies to promote financial inclusion, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong has said.
Latvia wants to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, particularly between the two legislatures, Speaker of the Latvian Parliamentary Assembly of Inara Munierce has said.
More than half of respondents (53 percent) report that ASEAN markets have become more important in terms of their companies’ worldwide revenue over the past two years, and 78 percent of executives project profit increases in 2017. The overwhelming majority of respondents (87 percent) expect that their companies’ level of trade and investment in ASEAN will increase over the next five years.
Japan was the largest market for Vietnamese shrimp in the first seven months, with export value reaching US$383.8 million, up 35.2 percent compared with the same period last year.
The exports of many of Vietnam’s key commodities, such as telephones and components, textiles, footwear, and agricultural and fishery products, have been greatly boosted thanks to the country’s efficient exploitation of major markets in APEC economies.
SME Vietnam Network is being established following the guidance of the Vietnamese Entrepreneur Development Center under the Viet Nam Association of Small and Medium-seized Enterprises.
Earlier this month Idemitsu Q8 Petroleum LLC opened its first retail outlet in Hà Nội’s Thăng Long Industrial Park, marking the first time a wholly foreign-owned company has entered the fuel retail sector.
The event also drew the participation of delegates from the World Bank (WB), the IMF, the ADB and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
A Vietnam-Turkey trade exchange was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 19 with the participation of nine Turkish firms in herbal medicine and wooden product production.
Asia is the nearest and most important market for Vietnamese rice, Hue said. In the first nine months of 2017, rice exports to Asian countries accounted for 68% of the country’s total.
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