Vietnam and Laos signed a contract to survey and tap coal in Xam Neua, in the Lao province of Houaphan on April 27.
Việt Nam’s total exports saw a year-on-year increase of 6 per cent in the first four months of this year to US$52.87 billion, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Vietnamese firms still have difficulty exporting agro-aqua-forestry products to the U.S. although the U.S. is the second largest market for Vietnamese agricultural products after China.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast Vietnam’s economic growth would cool to 6% this year due mainly to weaker demand on global markets and the serious impact of drought and saltwater intrusion on the country’s agriculture.
Hue expressed his hope that the agency will continue its support for Vietnam in infrastructure and energy and reduce insurance fees applied to Viet Nam.
A Vietnamese delegation attended the 7th US-ASEAN Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held on April 28 at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta.
Foreign visitors to Viet Nam over the recent four months of 2016 numbered 3,248,600, a year-on-year increase of 17.8%, according to the General Statistics Office.
European parliament members, experts and business representatives gathered in Brussels on April 27 to discuss ways to boost EU-Vietnam trade relations.
Australia has commenced work on market access for fresh dragon fruit from Vietnam, the Australian Embassy said in a statement on Wednesday.
The agro-forestry-fisheries export turnover in April was estimated at US$2.97 billion.
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