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Vietnam exported over 166,800 tonnes of peppercorn worth 356 million USD in the first half of 2020, down 5.7 percent in volume and 21.1 percent in value compared to the same period last year, according to the General Department of Customs.

(VEN) - A workshop titled “Increasing sales together with Amazon and Tiki” took place recently in Hanoi.

Malaysia could become one of the biggest export markets in ASEAN for Việt Nam, especially in the post-pandemic period, a city official said at a meeting in HCM City on Thursday (July 16).

Vietnam’s exports of fruits and vegetables to major markets like the US, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Thailand have surged despite the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide.

A week-long trade fair of typical agricultural products was opened for the first time at Big C An Lac supermarket, Ho Chi Minh City on July 3 in a bid to promote the agricultural products of Southern provinces.

(VEN) - Vietnam has promoted pork imports at prices far lower than those of domestic pork, but customers are not impressed.

(VEN)- The lifting of the European Commission (EC) yellow card over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is very important for Vietnam to regain prestige in the international arena.

(VEN) - With improved quality and expanded markets, rice became the biggest Vietnamese farm produce in terms of export growth in the first five months of 2020. Rice exports are expected to further increase sharply in the coming months.

(VEN) - The Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore has introduced various programs to support Vietnamese exports to Singapore. Tran Thu Quynh, trade counselor at the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore, talked about the programs in an interview with Vietnam Economic News’ 
Thu Phuong.

(VEN) - The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will boost foreign trade and therefore directly benefit the logistics industry.

(VEN)- The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will offer a wide range of opportunities for Vietnamese farm produce exports, including fruit and vegetable exports to the EU, but exporters must first satisfy the goods’ origin traceability standard. 

(VEN) - Vietnam’s National Assembly ratified the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) on June 8, opening the way for implementation of the historic deal this summer. Vietnam hopes the ambitious plan, which eliminates almost 99 percent of customs duties between Vietnam and the EU, will help the country overcome its Covid-19 induced export slump.

(VEN) - Domestic and foreign businesses are hailing the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) by the Vietnamese National Assembly as a significant milestone in Vietnam-EU cooperation.

The first batch of 500 live pigs imported from Thailand arrived at a quarantine area in north-central Nghe An province on June 18.

The European Union (EU) will eliminate tariffson Vietnamese fresh and frozen tuna products as soon as the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect.

Hiệp định EVFTA luôn được nhấn mạnh sẽ giúp dệt may Việt Nam chiếm lợi thế và bứt phá trong xuất khẩu (XK). Tuy nhiên, điều này chỉ được thực hiện khi tìm được lời giải cho “bài toán” đi kèm theo các ưu đãi.

(VEN)- Effective solutions devised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade have helped stabilize export turnover of agricultural products amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Tran Quoc Toan, deputy director of the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, talked about agricultural exports in an interview with Vietnam Economic News’ Nguyen Hanh.

(VEN) - Japanese experts were set to arrive in Vietnam on June 3 for an unusual visit to examine and supervise phytosanitary measures for lychees in order to allow the first shipment ever of the fruit to the northeastern Asian market following five years of negotiations, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). 

Vietnam exported a total of 2.9 million tonnes of rice in the first five months of 2020, bringing in US$1.41 billion, an increase of 5.1% in volume and 18.9 percent in value.

(VEN) - Facial mask production and exports have provided a lifeline to Vietnam’s garment and textile sector amid the Covid-19 pandemic. However, businesses need to fully meet the requirements of the import markets and obtain certificates if they are to expand export volumes. 

Ngày 2/6, UBND tỉnh Thừa Thiên Huế đã tổ chức phiên họp thường kỳ nhằm đánh giá tình hình kinh tế - xã hội trên địa bàn tỉnh tháng 5 và 5 tháng đầu năm 2020; đề ra nhiệm vụ, giải pháp thúc đẩy phát triển kinh tế thời gian tới.    

Cách mạng công nghiệp lần thứ tư (CMCN 4.0) đang lan rộng ra phạm vi toàn cầu, tác động mạnh mẽ đến hoạt động đầu tư, sản xuất và thương mại của tất cả lĩnh vực trong đó có ngành công nghiệp thời trang.     

(VEN)- Sugar imports have increased sharply since the beginning of the year, prompting consideration of trade remedies to protect domestic production.

(VEN)- In the first quarter of 2020, exports and imports by the Vietnamese textile and garment sector declined 9.07 percent and 16.59 percent, respectively, and the trade surplus in this sector dropped 0.62 percent compared with the same period last year.