Enterprises prepare to boost seafood exports to the EU
06:00 | 03/08/2020 Trade
(VEN) - The seafood industry has set a US$2 billion target for seafood exports to the EU in 2021 based on the terms of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which will take effect on August 1. Enterprises are preparing in terms of farming areas, food safety certification and logistics infrastructure to take opportunities provided by the recently ratified pact.
Singaporeans snatch newly imported Vietnamese fruit
06:00 | 30/07/2020 Trade
(VEN) - Vietnamese lychees have been imported into Singapore for the first time on a large scale and are now available in the NTUC FairPrice supermarket chain. Vietnam Economic News’ Thu Phuong spoke with Vietnamese Commercial Counselor in Singapore, Dr. Tran Thu Quynh, about this breakthrough.
5 holiday insights on year-end consumption trend
10:07 | 29/07/2020 Trade
Ahead of the year-end holiday season, Facebook commissioned YouGov, a global public opinion and data company, to conduct an online survey of shoppers across Southeast Asia in December 2019 to Feb 2020. In addition, Facebook also analysed a variety of third-party sources from GlobalWebIndex, as well as Facebook conversion and conversation data from October 2019 to March 2020.
Tightened controls imposed on antibiotic residues for Tra fish exports
06:00 | 28/07/2020 Trade
(VEN) - Facing increasingly stringent product quality requirements, Vietnamese Tra fish exporters must comply with new standards for farming areas, breeding and rearing processes, catching and processing in order to ensure favorable export prospects to the US.
PM urges sustaining trade surplus despite export, import declines
06:00 | 23/07/2020 Trade
(VEN) - At a July 2 online conference between the Vietnamese government and localities, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked sectors and localities to sustain the import-export goal and aim at a trade surplus this year. The country’s trade surplus reached a four-year record of US$9.9 billion in 2019.
Pepper export volume down 5.7 percent in first half
09:00 | 21/07/2020 Trade
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.
Workshop “Increasing sales together with Amazon & Tiki”
15:53 | 20/07/2020 Trade
(VEN) - A workshop titled “Increasing sales together with Amazon and Tiki” took place recently in Hanoi.
Seminar talks up Malaysia as big export market for Việt Nam
10:18 | 18/07/2020 Trade
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).
Fruit, vegetable export picks up despite COVID-19
06:10 | 09/07/2020 Trade
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.
Trade fair of typical agricultural products opens in Ho Chi Minh City
13:02 | 06/07/2020 Trade
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.
