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Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee and Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc led a delegation to pay a working visit to Wellington of New Zealand from September 16-18. 

Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Emil Karanikolov, has said that Bulgaria is willing to create the best conditions for Vietnamese businesses to expand their warehouses and network of export partners in the country, thereby facilitating their entry to the European Union (EU) market.

The Vietnam - Malaysia Friendship Association (VMFA) under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) hosted a friendship exchange in Hanoi on September 19 as part of activities to mark the 61st anniversary of Malaysia’s National Day.

U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with China on Monday, imposing 10 percent tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on September 18 suggested the Government agencies of Vietnam and Bulgaria support the two countries’ enterprises in fostering their investment and trade cooperation in the time ahead.

Unlike most other ASEAN countries, who have been buffeted by the China-U.S. trade war, Vietnam could actually benefit from it.

(VEN) - Trade turnover between Vietnam and India in the first seven months of 2018 reached US$6.36 billion, an increase of 50.16 percent compared to the same period last year. Data compiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs show Vietnam’s exports to India reached US$3.92 billion, a year-on-year increase of 96 percent, while imports stood at US$2.44 billion, an increase of 9.2 percent compared to a year ago. 
 

Korean government officials led by the Trade Ministry’s Director General for Free Trade Agreement Negotiations Kim Ki-joon met with their counterparts from the South American trade bloc, MERCOSUR, led by Director General for Integration and MERCOSUR Affairs of the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry Valeria Csukasi to convene the first round of negotiations for a trade agreement between the two parties in Montevideo, Uruguay, on September 11.

The Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Sri Lanka have agreed to strive to bring two-way trade to US$1 billion during their meeting in Hanoi on September 11.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh and the Bangladesh-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently co-organised a trade promotion seminar in Chittagong city.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked China’s Guangxi province to continue creating favorable conditions for Vietnamese key products to enter the Chinese market.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is travelling to China to discuss economic agreements, as the crisis-struck Opec nation seeks to convince its key Asian financier to disburse fresh loans.

(VEN) - Regional and global economic ministers convening in late August in Singapore agreed to boost efforts to conclude a broad-based trade agreement by the end of the year among the 10-nation ASEAN bloc and its nine partner nations - Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the US.

Turkish economic growth slowed to 5.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, in what officials described as an "economic rebalancing" before an expected second-half slowdown as Turkey grapples with a currency crisis.

President Tran Dai Quang and Indonesian President Joko Widodo agreed to strive to bring two-way trade to US$10 billion towards a trade balance during their talks in Hanoi on September 11.

(VEN) - The third meeting of the Vietnam-Thailand Joint Trade Committee, co-chaired by Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and Thai Minister of Commerce Sontirat Sontijirawong, took place recently in Hanoi, contributing to economic cooperation and trade between the two countries. 

The World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) themed “ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution” kicked off in Hanoi on September 11.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban agreed to lift bilateral ties to the level of comprehensive partnership during their talks in Budapest on September 10.

At a Qatar investment conference in Berlin, Germany is hoping for energy investment, while an economic blockade has propelled the small Gulf state to shop for other partners beyond its neighbors.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong began his official visit to Hungary from September 8 to 11 at the invitation of the host Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

It is Vietnam’s consistent policy to take Russia as one of the most important and reliable partners of Vietnam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong reiterated during his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi city on September 6.

A delegation of central Da Nang city led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Truong Quang Nghia visited big cities of Canada from August 30 - September 2 to promote cooperation between localities and the two countries in general, especially in trade and investment. 

(VEN) - The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam launched the seventh phase of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative in Hanoi on July 31, announcing plans to improve the investment and business environment in Vietnam. 

Laos and Thai officials were holding a major trade meeting on Tuesday as the neighboring countries seek to identify measures to boost the value of their shared trade.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong met with Russian Prime Minister and Chairman of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on September 5.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unexpectedly suffered the same false start as his predecessor nine years ago: a recession in his first six months in office.

(VEN) - Southeast Asia’s foreign ministers convened in Singapore in early August, highlighting the need to increase intraregional trade and investment and cope with the technological transformation affecting the region and the world. A wide-ranging joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) also signaled progress for negotiations on a code of conduct in the disputed waters of the East Sea.  

(VEN) - President Tran Dai Quang hosted the new UK Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward at a reception earlier this month in Hanoi, urging him to encourage British firms to boost investment and business in Vietnam. 

(VEN) - The 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) marks its 51st anniversary this month, with a record of strong growth and major positive impact on the global economy. Vietnam has contributed greatly to ASEAN’s development and achievements.