The escalating conflict in the Middle East is exerting significant pressure on the global economy, disrupting maritime transport and weighing on international trade flows.

Vice Chairman of the Can Tho municipal People's Committee Duong Tan Hien had a meeting with Farchad Kaviani, Managing Director of Southeast Asia of SUEZ Group of France on August 20, during which they discussed the possibility of cooperation in projects related to water supply, wastewater treatment, and waste management.

Problems and solutions to the slowdown of global transport through the Red Sea were discussed during a meeting among business executives, officials from the Vietnam Maritime Administration and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in Hanoi on February 6.

Facing the rising cost of container shipping services to Europe and America, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) has just sent an official dispatch to the Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA) requesting support for businesses.

Vietnamese firms exporting to Europe and North America’s East Coast are being affected by Red Sea route changes, according to the Shinhan Securities Vietnam (SSV).

VOV.VN - A delegation made up of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) led by Nguyen Duc Hai, vice chairman of the NA, paid a working visit to Egypt from November 25 to November 29.

VOV.VN - Promoting maritime cooperation between the Suez Canal Economic Zone (Egypt) and Vietnamese partners was discussed at a webinar held in Hanoi on July 26.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese coffee exports are anticipated to encounter a myriad of difficulties over the short term due to the complicated nature of developments relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to industry insiders.

The agricultural sector needs to focus on developing raw materials to reduce the dependence on imports as well as improve processing capacity, experts said.

The stranding of the 400m-long container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal where over 10% of global cargo and 7% of the world’s oil are transshipped is raising concerns about affecting export activities of several Vietnamese enterprises, despite initial successes in the attempt to rescue this megaship.