Vietnam and Israel have made progress during the eleventh round of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 3.9 billion pounds (over US$4.7 billion) in the four quarters to the end of March 2022, up nearly 22% over the same period to 2021, reported the UK’s Department for International Trade.

The non-aviation service industry has been on the fast track to recovery in the past few months, following the flourishing of the aviation market, despite the impact of volatile and escalating fuel prices as well as the international market's failure to recover as expected.

The socio-economic impacts of the two-year-old EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) along with issues that the deal poses for Vietnam were under focus at a scientific seminar held in Hanoi on August 4.

While many products exported to the UK enjoyed strong increases thanks to the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), Vietnam’s timber industry is facing difficulties in expanding in this market, requiring manufacturers and exporters to change their business strategies.

VOV.VN - ASEAN Foreign Ministers while attending a meeting in Phnom Penh on August 2 reiterated their countries’ commitments to strictly implement the Treaty of Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) to build a region free of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel organised an event on July 19 aimed at promoting Vietnamese culture, cuisine, and tourism to Israeli friends.

The UK market still has considerable room for Vietnamese rice suppliers to boost exports thanks to the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) tariff quota and the Vietnamese community of more than 100,000 people in the UK, a senior trade official has said.

VOV.VN - The nation spent US$5 billion on importing 4.8 million m3 of petroleum during the first half of this year, an increase of 18% in volume and up nearly two fold in value compared to the same period from last year.

Trade revenue between Vietnam and the UK is expected to reach US$10 billion in the next one or two years thanks to strong support from the Vietnam-UK Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).