VOV.VN - Vietnamese shrimp exports are anticipated to undergo a series of challenges caused by the global inflation and economic downturn this year, leading to a decline in consumption demand in major markets, according to details given by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietravel Airlines plans to increase its total routes to 13 to serve more than 1.3 million passengers this year, according to a representative from the airline.

VOV.VN - The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on April 19 shipped the first batch of sweet potatoes weighing 28 tonnes to China.

The northern border province of Cao Bang is building a plan for the pilot opening of the landscape site of Ban Gioc (Vietnam) - Detian (China) Waterfalls in October 2023, local officials informed at a workshop on April 18.

Leading Vietnamese IT service provider FPT Software has opened a nearshore development centre in Nanning city of China’s Guangxi province to better serve the billion-people market, especially in the automotive industry.

VOV.VN - The export value of Vietnamese tea to China in the first quarter of the year reached US$2.15 million, up 430% from the same period in 2022, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications announced on April 14 that they have fined ride-hailing firm Grab VND60 million for using a map mislabeling multiple Vietnamese islands in the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, as China’s.

VOV.VN - The coast guard forces of Vietnam and China conducted a joint patrol from April 11 to April 13 on the waters adjacent to the two countries’ delimitation line in the Gulf of Tonkin.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported approximately 35,750 tonnes of pepper worth US$106.47 million in March, representing a rise of up 27.6% in volume and 26.5% in value on-year, thereby witnessing a record high since April 2020, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Japan has outpaced the US to become the largest consumer of Vietnamese seafood, although the export of these products to this market decreased by 11% to over US$310 million in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).