Optimising quality of logistics services is a requisite measures to boost Vietnam-EU trade amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, experts said at the online business matching forum held on December 9.

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’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).

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.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed that Vietnam supports the official upgrade of ASEAN - European Union ties to the strategic partnership level.

The EU and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed several agreements on December 1 to fund a project on improving urban infrastructure to mitigate climate change impact in four coastal provinces in north central Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The nation’s tuna exports to major markets in the EU, such as Italy, Germany, and Spain have seen respective increases of 60%, 20%, and 41%, with exports to the EU set to continue with strong growth until the end of the year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers of Vietnam (VASEP).

VOV.VN - Andreas Stoffers, Director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Vietnam, says he loves Vietnam because the country has a diverse culture, an ancient history, a unique language and an open-minded and ambitious people.

VOV.VN - Hoa Phat Group (HPG), Vietnam’s largest steelmaker, has unveiled that it will increase the export of galvanised steel products to Europe, with the first batch of 10,000 tonnes due to be shipped this November.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy organised an online forum on Vietnam-Italy economic cooperation to beef up bilateral economic relations on November 26.