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A Hung Yen Longan Week will kick off at Big C Thang Long supercentre of Hanoi on August 17, aiming to promote the specialty of the northern province.

A large volume of Vietnamese mooncakes will be shipped to foreign markets in the next few weeks as the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival is on the horizon.

(VEN) - Son La Province has achieved remarkable results in the nearly decade that it has been implementing the Buy Vietnamese Goods campaign.

The Hung Yen Longan Festival 2018 opened in the northern province of Hung Yen on August 11, with the aim of introducing longan and the typical farm produce of the northern province and boosting the consumption of the fruit.

The export turnover of tra fish soared 19.5 percent to US$1.18 billion in the first seven months of 2018, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnam exported over 83,500 tonnes of fresh lychee to China worth more than US$33.9 million in the 2018 lychee season.

The United States-China trade war may create opportunities for Vietnam to increase its exports of shrimp to the US, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Experts have recommended that Vietnamese firms develop organic products for export to the EU, considering it a measure to boost the shipment of farm produce to this demanding market.

A Son La longan and safe farm produce week is being held in Hanoi from August 3 to 9, as part of the major activities planned to promote the consumption and boost the exports of longan products from the northern province of Son La in 2018.

The East-West Economic Corridor’s International Trade, Tourism and Investment Fair – Da Nang kicked off in the central city of Vietnam on August 3.

(VEN) - Vietnam has exported more than 15 million tonnes of cement in the first six months of 2018, a sharp increase of 50 percent over the corresponding period last year.

The export revenue of wood and wooden products was estimated at US$4.8 billion in the first seven months of this year, an increase of 11.6% compared to the same period in 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Binh Dinh provincial People’s Committee opened a fair in Quy Nhon city, on August 1, to display and promote agricultural, forestry and aquatic products from the South Central coastal region.

(VEN) - Export Portal, a new US-based e-commerce platform with the advanced Blockchain technology was officially introduced to the Vietnamese business community. Export Portal seeks to be an effective link to help Vietnamese companies reach global markets.

(VEN) - Major retailers such as Big C Vietnam, VinMart, and MM Mega Market Vietnam have developed production-to-sale chains, contributing to ensuring stable outlet for farmers and a proper structure of Vietnamese goods on supermarket shelves.

Vietnam’s garment-textile export turnover is expected to hit US$18.5 billion in the second half of 2018, bringing the year’s export value to US$35 billion, US$1 billion higher than the target set for the year, heard a press conference in Hanoi on July 30. 

The export revenue of agricultural, forestry and fishery products was estimated at US$2.87 billion in July, raising the total export revenue in the first seven months of this year to US$22.2 billion, an annual increase of 7.8 pct, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Trong nửa đầu năm 2018, xuất khẩu dệt may đã đem về 16,5 tỷ USD, tăng 16,5% so với cùng kỳ năm trước. Giá trị thặng dự thương mại đạt 7,6 tỷ USD, tăng gần 14% so với cùng kỳ.  

The Trade Office of the Vietnamese Embassy in Morocco has warned domestic firms not to take any transaction with Ste Top Arabic Sarl A.U, a Moroccan company that has been reported by many foreign firms.

Ho Chi Minh City’s 2018 spending on Chinese imports has exceeded US$8.1 billion to date, an increase of more than US$2.4 billion from the same period last year.