VOV.VN - The Netherlands’ The & GREEN Fund unveiled plans on August 15 that it will provide up to US$25 million in funding to Phuc Sinh Corporation, one of the key Vietnamese coffee and pepper exporters, to develop a deforestation-free coffee value chain in a sustainable manner.

Most of Vietnamese businesses have acknowledged the importance of sustainable production to their competitiveness and long-term development in the context of the growing green consumption trend.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted a reception for General Director of Samsung Vietnam Choi Joo Ho in Hanoi on August 12, during which he urged the corporation to continue its pioneer role in the country’s transition to a digital, and green economy.

Businesses, factories, industrial parks and export processing zones need to have road maps and measures for switching from traditional to green models to meet the global sustainable trend and enhance their competitiveness, and attract investment, a seminar heard in Ho Chi Minh City on August 8.

Vietnam is the eighth largest tea exporter in the world, earning US$135 million from tea exports in the first seven months of this year, an increase of 34.8% over the same period last year.

Vietnam's logistics industry is witnessing significant changes and has become an attractive destination for businesses and investors, insiders said at a series of seminars held within the on-going Vietnam International Logistics Exhibition (VILOG) 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc is paying a working visit to Australia from July 31 to August 3 in an effort to increase financial cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - The World Bank has pledged US$350 million loans to help Vietnam develop one million ha of low-carbon, high quality rice associated with green growth in 12 Mekong Delta localities.

Premier of Australia's Victoria state Jacinta Allan said the state considers Vietnamese localities priority partners in its international cooperation during a recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam.

VOV.VN - The Plant Protection Department of Vietnam and the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency of the Republic of Korea have in principle agreed on criteria and requirements for Vietnamese pomelo to enter the Korean market, said Nguyen Quang Hieu, deputy director of the Plant Protection Department.