Wooden furniture exporters face risks in importing timber from Africa as the unclear timber origin will violate VPA/FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement) that Vietnam has signed with the EU.
If Vietnam doesn’t have a reasonable policy on using capital from FDI, it will have to pay a heavy price for it, experts say.
Vietnam’s shipping fleet with more than 1,500vessels and a total capacity of 7.8 million DWT is ranked fourth in ASEAN and 30th in the world.
Billions of dollars worth of Vietnam’s products are exported via large global retail chains, but these products must adhere to strict requirements to be accepted by supermarkets.
As the biggest wood chip exporter in the world, Vietnam is facing big difficulties.
Investments in F&B chains are increasing despite the signs of a growth slowdown.
Experts believe that cryptocurrency is a growing international trend which Vietnam cannot resist.
Vietnamese-Australian director Tony Le Nguyen will hold a talk on “The improvisation and humanity in the art of cinema, drama and public art” at Salon Saigon in District 3, HCMC on July 31.
It’s time for Vietnam to build an expressway on its own, experts say.
The retailer community last week was stirred up by the news that a Vietnamese enterprise had acquired a famous foreign retail brand just after one month of negotiations.