EU warns against unilateral steps after Poland, Hungary ban Ukrainian grain
Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, the bloc's executive said on Sunday, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on grain and other food imports from Ukraine to protect their local agricultural sectors.
Counsellor suggests ways to boost halal product exports to Singapore
The dynamism and experience of a producing country will be advantages for Vietnamese businesses when joining the global halal market, to which Singapore is the nearest gateway, said Vietnamese Trade Counsellor to the city state Cao Xuan Thang.
Promising signs for aquatic exports amid global uncertainties
Despite enduring a decline in key seafood exports during the first quarter of the year, there are positive signs ahead for Vietnamese aquatic products in the UK, Japan, Germany, and Israel, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Việt Nam's shrimp industry faces many challenges in export this year
Shrimp prices in the world market have gradually decreased since the end of 2022. For instance, at the end of February 2023, the price of Indian shrimp was at VNĐ110,000 (US$4.53) per kilo.
ASEAN, RoK upgrade FTA
ASEAN and the Republic of Korea are currently in the process of upgrading its existing free trade agreement, according to Satvinder Singh, the deputy secretary-general for ASEAN Economic Community.
Garment sector must go green to ensure sustainable development
Digital transformation, creating suitable designs and recycling clothes are now proving to be important target activities for the garment and textile industry towards a circular economy and sustainability.
Webinar: Opportunities for food ingredients on the Swedish market
Time: 14.00 p.m. -15.00 p.m. Swedish time (UTC+2) Thursday, 20 April Location: Online via Zoom
Avoiding a meaningless price war in the electronics industry, FPT Shop "plays" a new segment: Boosting household goods to 15% of revenue after three years.
According to a representative of FPT Retail (FRT, the firm that operates the FPT Shop chain), the new segment of household products contributes 2.5% of FPT Shop's total revenue, with a relatively high gross profit margin of 20-25%. It is expected that in the next three years, this segment will
Enterprises need transparency to increase forest product exports to EU
Nguyễn Ba Ngãi, vice chairman and general secretary of the Viet Nam Forest Owners Association (VIFORA), spoke to Viet Nam News reporter Tố Như about this issue.
Large-scale farming will help develop agriculture: experts
Tran Xuan Dinh, secretary general of the Vietnam Seed Trade Association (VSTA), said large-scale farming will offer opportunities to solve problems and promote neo-cooperatives that will join forces to develop the agricultural economy.
Bright colors on fruit and vegetable export
Although import and export activities have not shown many signs of improvement in the first 2 months of the year in most categories, on the whole, the fruit and vegetable industry has emerged with strong growth results in February 2023, reaching about USD 324 million, up 53.1% compared to February
G7 finance leaders pledge financial stability, supply chain diversity
Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders pledged on Wednesday to take action to maintain the stability of the global financial system after recent banking turmoil and to give low- and middle-income countries a bigger role in diversifying supply chains to make them more resilient.
Addressing challenges for recovery of enterprises
Along with the initiative to change and adapt to the current difficult economic context, enterprises still need support from management agencies; it is urgent to promote the improvement of the business environment and increase the effectiveness of supporting policies.
Vietnam highlighted as global economic bright spot for 2023 and beyond
Despite growth rates slowing down, the nation is still growing at a high rate, projected to be at 5.8% this year before reaching 6.9% in 2024, according to Daniel Leigh, head of the World Economic Studies division in the IMF's Research Department which produces the World Economic Outlook.
EC monitors residues of 2-chloroethanol in dried noodles imported from Vietnam
EC has been compiling a dossier to monitor the level of 2-chloroethanol residues in rice paper products, phở (dried noddles), and bun (vermicelli noodles) imported from the Vietnamese market.
ASEAN, China start negotiations on upgrading bilateral FTA
ASEAN and China started the first round of negotiations on the upgrade of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) at a meeting of the Working Group on Standards, Technical Regulations, and Conformity Assessment Procedures (WG-STRACAP) on April 11.