Vietnam has set targets of 6.7% GDP growth, stabilizing the macro-economy, and ensuring social security for 2017.
The former Minister of Agriculture of Japan, Takebe Tsutomu, said Vietnam is selling mangoes, dragon fruit and bananas to Japan, but these fruits are only for desserts.
Overseas Vietnamese play an important role in developing HCM City’s economy, but the city lacks the legal framework required to fully utilise their capabilities.
Viet Nam’s fruit and vegetable export in 2016 hit US$2.4 billion, a 30 per cent increase over 2015, and exceeding the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s yearly target of $2.2 billion.
EU pledges to work closely with Ho Chi Minh City in food safety and origin of agricultural products in the context of the upcoming signing of the EVFTA.
Domestic enterprises should stay more proactive and have wider vision for effective integration in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).
Clothiers and fabric makers in Vietnam are 'approaching stagnation' as sales and orders in the international markets continue to dwindle in the aftermath of the demise of the TPP.
Perhaps no country more than Vietnam will feel the effects of the demise of the TPP in terms of diminished foreign direct investment and trade.
Startups and the ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ were talked about more than ever before in 2016.
A network of thousands of outstanding Vietnamese individuals living in foreign countries world-wide, is expected to be set up following a project newly kicked off.
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