VOV.VN - A trade exchange to connect businesses of Vietnam and Myanmar is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on May 13, aiming to provide businesses of the two countries with fresh opportunities to learn about the market, seek partners, and strengthen cooperation.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) and the Australian Border Force (ABF) took a significant step toward enhanced cooperation by signing a new plan to collaborate on customs investigations and monitoring during talks in Hanoi on May 7.

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Do Thanh Trung has expressed his wish for the support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in optimising investment resources for agriculture and rural development.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on May 7 announced a morning auction for a total of 16,800 taels of gold in Hanoi on May 8.

The capital city of Hanoi witnessed 9,400 enterprises enter the market with the total registered capital of VND97.6 trillion (US$3.84 billion) during January-April, falling 6% in the number of firms and rising 9% in capital as compared to the same time last year, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

Vietnamese companies attended the 16th Bangladesh Denim Expo, an international exhibition of ready-made garments which opened on May 6 in Dhaka.

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG-SANTE), in collaboration with the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (Vietnam SPS), held a conference disseminating regulations on imports of agricultural products and foods of plant and animal origin into the EU market on May 7.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore has advised Vietnamese manufacturers, exporters, and distributors of household water heaters and commercial refrigerators to take note of the island nation’s new energy-saving regulations for these products, which will be effective next year.

The Dai Viet Lotus Foods JSC in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap exported the first batch of 15 tonnes of frozen lotus roots worth nearly VND1 billion (nearly US$39,360) to Japan on May 7.

VOV.VN - More than 160 local firms are expected to introduce their food and beverage products at the Thaifex-Aguna Asia 2024 slated for May 28 to June 1 in Bangkok, Thailand.