Vietnam’s garment-textile and footwear have borne the brunt of COVID-19 and firms in the sectors may take a long time to recover, experts said.

VOV.VN - Promoting cooperation in digital transformation will help countries soon meet United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 given the current context, said Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the Global Trade in Services Summit 2021.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Chile in collaboration with the Chile-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce recently organized a seminar to examine cooperation opportunities for 2021-2022.

Many countries are promoting vaccinations and reopening their economies. As a result, demand for Vietnam's textiles, footwear, furniture, and electronic products is on the rise.

Vietnam is a potential market for British firms operating in the electronics industry, Do Nhat Hoang, Director of the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency, said at a recent webinar. ​

The volume of cargo going through seaports has been on the increase thanks to free trade agreements (FTAs).

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s participation in several new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs) will serve to create greater opportunities for the development of the local logistics sector, according to industry insiders.

The Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC) has urged Canada to secure its economic interests with Vietnam as a key tenet of Canada’s evolving Indo-Pacific strategy, according to an article on Business in Vancouver weekly newspaper.

Russia always attaches importance to its relations with Vietnam which is one of its traditional and priority partners in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko affirmed in his article “Bright prospects for the Russia – Vietnam cooperative relationship” on the occasio

Despite COVID-19 cutting into demand for textiles and garments, enterprises have poured investment into materials to improve production capacity, completing the supply chain and taking advantage of new generation free trade agreements (FTAs) that have come into effect.