The national index of industrial production (IIP) in the first two months of this year posted a year-on-year increase of 6.6%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). 

The 26th Vietnam Expo 2016 that aims to enhance regional and international economic connectivity will take place in Hanoi from April 13-16.

Commercial counsellors should work as a bridge to help Vietnamese businesses boost exports and promote their products abroad, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Hanoi’s index of industrial production for February fell by 27.2% from the previous month, but increased by 6.1% compared with that of the same period last year. 

Vietnam shipped 39,000 tonnes of frozen meat from suckling pig to China and Hong Kong (China) in 2015, reaching a turnover US$103 million, nearly doubling those of the previous year.

VOV.VN - Millions of dollars of deals have been struck at Vietship 2016 (February 24-26), an international trade fair for shipbuilding, marine technology and transportation on-going at the Hanoi National Convention Centre.

Many foreign-invested enterprises have successfully developed products made of pure Vietnamese materials.

VOV.VN - Promoting economic cooperation and commercial trade in foreign markets for the nation’s business community with an eye towards enhanced exports has long been one of the Vietnam Commercial Counsellors primary functions.

The “Doing Business in Vietnam Guide” has been launched to inform foreign investors about the quirks of the Vietnamese business environment.

The RoK-owned Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam (Doosan Vina) is working hard to complete a contract to produce equipment for Aegean, a Turkish oil refinery company, said Deputy General Director Kim Yong Soo.

VOV.VN - Japan’s Bunka Shutter and Eurowindow have signed the strategic partnership agreement minutes to diversify and develop new products for construction works through retail systems in each other’s market. 

With global oil prices repeatedly falling, many major oil and gas businesses in Vietnam are taking all possible measures to maintain profitable operations.

VOV.VN - Agro-forestry and seafood exports in the first two months of this year increased slightly to US$4.2 billion or up 5.5% against the corresponding period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Shinhan Investment Corp., a member of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Shinhan Financial Group, has inaugurated a securities firm in Ho Chi Minh City, as part of its plan to secure new growth globally.

The HCM City Real Estate Association (HOREA) has proposed the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV)'s regulations on lending limits and capital adequacy ratio requirements for credit institutions, including branches of foreign banks not be changed at the moment.

The General Department of Customs would enhance efforts of administrative reforms and modernisation this year to create favourable conditions for imports and exports, a conference heard on February 25.

The Government has approved a bilateral agreement on air traffic service with Turkey on regular flights between and across the two countries’ territories.

Emirates Airlines, a leading carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch daily flights connecting Dubai-Hanoi and Dubai-Yangon (Myanmar) from March 8th.

Passengers of Vietnamese airlines now have the chance to travel at lower costs as the carriers have decided to slash airfares due to falling fuel costs, Tran Bao Ngoc, Head of the Transportation Department under the Ministry of Transport told Vietnam News Agency reporter.

VOV.VN - This year Ambiente – the globe’s largest international trade fair for consumer goods – held in Germany every February recorded an increase in internationality with regards to both exhibitors and visitors.

VOV.VN - A delegation from Japan’s Kuyshu region led by Masaki Kawahara, Director of the region’s Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry has made a fact-finding tour of the northern province of Ha Nam to seek investment opportunities.

The Ho Chi Minh City will host the International Fair on Environmentally Friendly Technologies 2016 (Ecotech Vietnam) which is scheduled for May 5-7.

VOV.VN -Manufacturing in Vietnam is thriving— so much so that companies like Ajinomoto Vietnam are pulling back the curtains and giving visitors a glimpse of their food processing magic.

The positive outcome of the six-year campaign “Vietnamese prioritise Vietnamese goods” has motivated businesses to update technologies and diversify products to increase consumer confidence and enhance their competitiveness both at home and overseas.

 Many environmentally friendly products such as biodegradable packages and non-baked bricks have been in the market for years, but the enterprises that produce these products are having a hard time developing them.

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) has recently honoured as the best trade finance provider in Vietnam , presented by the US-based Global Finance magazine.

VOV.VN -Vietnam is classified as one of four strategic export markets by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (Kotra), the Korea JoongAng Daily said February 25. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Mexico will further all-around cooperation after their law-making bodies approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement which was recently inked in New Zealand.

Executives from the Ivory Coast cashew industry met with their Vietnamese counterparts in HCM city on February 24 to discuss issues affecting bilateral trade and strengthen ties between Ivorian cashew exporters and Vietnamese processors.

Around 80% of surveyed local enterprises planned to expand their production and business in 2016 due to prospects of international integration.