Vietnam is stepping up border controls as a precaution against the potential spread of the latest bird flu strain, H7N9, that so far has claimed the lives of three people in neighbouring country China.
Guinean Minister of Trade Mohammed Dorval Doumbouya has expressed his interest in Vietnam’s agricultural experience and hoped that the two countries would increase trade in the field. During a meeting with President Truong Tan
Set up in 2010, the Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX), a pan-Asian commodity and currency derivatives exchange, is now hunting for more agricultural commodities from black pepper in Vietnam to rubber in Thailand, to become
Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday applauded Samsung’s decision to expand operations in Vietnam, adding that it would contribute to the strategic partnership between Vietnam and South Korea. He was attending the Samsung
Imports exceeded exports in March by US$300 million, marking the return of the trade deficit in Vietnam after the country experienced a trade surplus in the first two months of this year and in
Vietnam fisheries officials, economists and fishermen want an exemption from corporate income tax for offshore fishing businesses instead of a 10 per cent tax being imposed. The tax is proposed in the government’s draft
Vietnam’s trade surplus so far this year reached US$700 million by March 15, according to statistics from the General Department of Customs. The country’s export value in the period hit $24.5 billion, up 23 per
Vietnam shares the world’s concern about the illicit trade of conventional arms, said Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the UN, at the ongoing UN final conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Vietnam’s exports to some large African countries plunged in February, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said. Exports to Senegal plummeted 75 per cent against the same month last year to hit US$4.38 million.