A forum took place in the southern province of Binh Duong on October 28 to discuss the promotion of legal and sustainable timber value chains in Vietnam.

Although mediation and arbitration are more cost-efficient than litigation when it comes to commercial dispute settlement, they are less frequently used by firms in Vietnam, according to Hoang Minh Chien, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency.

VOV.VN - Vietnam must further disseminate information on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) to boost reform, improve its business climate, and attract foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows from the EU, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade recently hosted a trade promotion conference in the Netherlands to sound out trade cooperation opportunities and introduce the potential for local firms in the market.

VOV.VN - There remains bright prospects ahead for Vietnamese rice exports in the EU amid European partners continuing to place orders of up to 400,000 tonnes of rice from local exporters.

VOV.VN - With Vietnamese exports to the Netherlands over the first nine months surging by 40.1% year on year to US$7.817 billion, the country is anticipated to rake in more than US$10.4 billion from exports to this demanding market this year.

A Vietnam-France trade promotion workshop was held on October 17 in Paris, with the participation of many companies from the two countries specialising in agriculture and food import and export.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), led by Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and Chairman of its Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia, paid a working visit to Austria from October 15-17.

VOV.VN - A Vietnam-Austria business forum took place on October 17 in Hanoi, with the event attracting the participation of ministries, public agencies, business associations, and enterprises from both sides.

The Vietnamese Government always attaches importance to developing its friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with the French Community of Belgium (Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on October 17.