VOV.VN - The 20th Vietnam-China border trade fair is set to get underway in the Chinese province of Yunnan on December 12 in an online format.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 468,000 tonnes of cashew nuts worth US$2.94 billion during the opening 11 months of the year, representing an increase of 13.2% in volume and a decline of 1.8% in value in comparison with the same period from last year, according to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority (Agrotrade).

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported a total of 5.74 million tonnes of rice worth US$2.85 billion during the opening 11 months of the year, with the price of 5% broken rice in November reaching approximately US$500 per tons, according to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority (Agrotrade).

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s total export turnover during the past 11 months rose 5.5% to US$254.93 billion, with the US becoming Vietnam’s largest commodity consumer, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Vietnam will conduct the first phase of human trials of a locally made COVID-19 vaccine from December 10, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said at a meeting with Vietnamese vaccine producers on December 5.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has rolled out various measures to remove difficulties facing the export of agro-forestry-fisheries products and broaden markets, in order to fulfil the goal of earning at least US$41 billion from the export of the products in 2020.

The benefits of recent trade agreements, low labour costs, and highly appealing incentives are amplifying the nation's appeal and encouraging manufacturers hit by US tariffs to relocate out of China.

In the past 30 years since the establishment of the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas), cashew exports have reached more than US$31 billion, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - A spokesperson for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 3 voiced Vietnam’s strong protest against Taiwan’s recent live-fire drills in the waters surrounding the Ba Binh island of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) islands.

VOV.VN - China should respect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes and cancel tours of Vietnam’s Paracel islands.