Trade – Investment

A ceremony was held by the Binh Duong Provincial People’s Committee and the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) on September 27 to launch an international multimodal train transporting goods from Song Than station to China.

The Dutch-based supplier of animal nutrition products De Heus officially inaugurated its De Heus Can Tho aquatic feed factory in Tra Noc II Industrial Park, O Mon district of Can Tho City on September 26.

The Vietnam Crafts Village Festival 2023 is scheduled to take place from October to November in the capital of Hanoi to preserve and promote the values of traditional craft villages.

Vietnamese Goods Week officially kicked off at the Système U supermarket chain in France on September 25 with the participation of 15 Vietnamese businesses.

A Vietnamese pavilion with local major coffee brands opened at the 5th World Coffee Conference & Expo (WCC), in Bengaluru city, India, on September 25.

Industrial parks in the northern province of Ha Nam so far this year have attracted 24 new projects, including 15 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth 176 million USD.

Nearly 50 Vietnamese enterprises attended a trade promotion and business matching program on September 22-23 as part of the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show (UPITS), first held by the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The central province of Quang Binh is active and open to investors and commits to accompany and create the most favourable conditions in order to turn investor ideas and its development goals into reality, an official has said.

Hai Phong city's Economic Zone Management Board on September 22 granted investment registration and adjustment licences to projects with total investment of more than 1.3 billion USD in local industrial parks.

Vietnam defines Bangladesh, which is currently the country's second largest trading partner in South Asia, as its important partner and a potential investment destination for major corporations and enterprises of the Southeast Asian country in the future, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said on September 22.

Since May, Vietnam's export of wood and wood products has shown positive signs of recovery, with monthly export turnover of USD1.2 billion on average, the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Minh City (HAWA) has reported.

(CPV) - The 2023 Vietnam Economic and Social Forum entered the 2nd session, themed “Improving labor productivity, ensuring social security in the new context”, on September 19.

“International TECHFEST in Melbourne” is one of the new and outstanding features of the series of events towards the National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day 2023 (Techfest 2023), hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology (M&T), to promote Vietnam’s innovative startup ecosystem that is dynamic, open, and ready to integrate deeply and widely and approach international standards.

FPT, Vietnam’s largest IT service provider, expects to create more than 3,000 jobs by 2028 and achieve revenue of USD1 billion from the US market by 2030.

Enjoying Vietnam's typical coconut water product, many Australian and international customers expressed their excitement, satisfaction and desire to learn more about this product.

Vietnam’s cashew exports in August alone reached a new record high of 60,580 tonnes worth US$333.83 million, according to figures released the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports to the Chinese market during the first eight months of the year saw an increase of 133.6% to US$2.26 billion on-year, representing triple-digit growth, according the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

A delegation led by Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski held a working session with leaders of northern Thai Nguyen province on September 15 to explore cooperation prospects and opportunities in the locality.

A forum on promoting Vietnam-Japan trade and investment in the Kansai region took place in Osaka prefecture on September 15, attracting representatives from over 200 Vietnamese and Japanese businesses.

(CPV) - Policy credit programs are deployed effectively, with special priority given to mountainous areas, extremely difficult areas, borders, and islands, contributing to the gradual development of a multi-sector economy.

The 23rd Vietnam International Agriculture Trade Fair (AgroViet 2023) was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) at the Economic and Trade Exhibition Centre in Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay district, Hanoi on September 14.

Ten years after establishing the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the United States, Vietnam's pangasius export turnover to this market in 2022 reached USD537 million, an increase of 41% compared to 2013.

On September 11, Binh Phuoc province held a ceremony to award the investment registration certificate of Haohua Tire Factory Project (Vietnam) to investor Shandong Haohua Tire, part of HAOHUA Group, with a total capital of USD500 million.

Vietjet Airlines and major US financial group Carlyle signed an aircraft sponsorship agreement worth USD550 million on the occasion of US President Joe Biden's official visit to Vietnam.

It is forecast that tuna exports to the UK market will continue to grow in the coming months with many positive signs, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has reported.

Over the past 8 months, rice exports reached nearly 6 million tons, the highest level ever, up 20% from the same period last year and completing 89% of the year’s plan.

A Vietnamese delegation attended the China (Bozhou)- RCEP Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Cooperation Conference that took place on September 8 in Bozhou city, China’s Anhui province.

Taking full advantage of incentives for farm produce from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in the new context was the theme of a seminar held in both in-person and online formats by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in Hanoi on September 8.

A number of Vietnamese individuals and collectives have been honoured at the 4th ASEAN Public Relations Excellence Awards, which aimed to celebrate outstanding actors in the public relations industry in the region.

The total State budget collection in the first eight months of this year was estimated at over 1,124 trillion VND (46.83 billion USD), or 69.45% of the estimate, down 8.8% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).