The government has approved a plan to develop a national rice brand by 2020, aiming to improve marketing capability and competitiveness.
APEC forum will hold its first event of 2017 with the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM1) to be held from February 18 to March 3 in the central coastal city of Nha Trang.
The Japan Fisheries Agency plans to control catches of Pacific Bluefin tuna, a fish species under threat of extinction, by applying the total allowable catch (TAC) system.
China remained Vietnam’s biggest trade partner in the first month of 2017, followed by the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the US, according to the General Department of Customs.
Experts have advised tra fish businesses to focus on the Asian market, particularly China and countries from the ASEAN in 2017.
The Vietnamese government’s latest effort to further accelerate administrative reform to the levels of ASEAN’s strongest economies has received the thumbs-up from international experts.
Increased market access, especially to the US, would have supported an export manufacturing boom and outsized GDP growth.
Bilateral trade and investment from the US into Vietnam are expected not to see drastic changes under US President Donald Trump.
HCM City authorities have urged the city’s Department of Planning and Investment to propose solutions to achieve a GRDP of between 8.4 and 8.7 per cent this year.
The Mekong Delta’s agriculture plays a key role in national economic development but the sustainability of its production remains low and hasn’t met the requirements of a modern agriculture.
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