Despite being seen as one of the leading textile and garment exporters in the world, Vietnamese garment and textile products have brought low retail values.
Experts from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) counselled Vietnamese enterprises on how to protect their intellectual property rights overseas at a seminar in HCM City on Monday.
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang highlighted the formation of a new security and development space linking the Indian Ocean and Asia-Pacific with closer economic, political and cultural connectivity during a dialogue with nearly 300 Indian politicians, professors, researchers, scholars and students in New Delhi on March 4 morning.
Vietnamese export companies will have opportunities to set up distribution channels in the Middle East thanks to a market research programme launched by the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre in HCM City and the Vietnamese Embassy’s Commercial Affair Office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Over 2,000 Honda cars from Thailand—the first batches of cars to enjoy zero per cent import duty under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA)—have been imported to Việt Nam.
Decree No.54/2017/ND-CP, which was issued in 2017 to guide the implementation of the Law on Pharmaceuticals and took effect on July 2017, has caused great concerns among foreign pharmaceutical companies.
Over VND534 trillion has been pumped into the national economy thanks to the establishment of more than 18,000 enterprises and the capital expansion of nearly 6,000 others over the first two months of 2018.
The Government convened its regular meeting, the first sitting in the Lunar New Year, in Hanoi on March 1 under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The European Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Trade launched EU-Vietnam Energy Facility on February 27. This is a technical assistance facility in support of the implementation of the European Union’s (EU) Energy Sector Policy Support Programme worth of €108 million ($133.1 million).
Last year marked an important milestone in the Vietnamese start-up community, featuring Government Scheme 844 towards a national innovation ecosystem by 2025, with attention from investors and the State as well. However, most local start-ups are in their early stages with limited capacity and capital-related obstacles.
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