The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of the Philippines has initiated a safeguard investigation on imported liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) steel cylinders, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) under the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen cooperation with Austria, an important member state of the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg in Hanoi on April 17.

Trade ties between Vietnam and Uruguay have still not been commensurate with the potential of the two countries, delegates heard at the third meeting of the Vietnam - Uruguay Joint Committee for Economic, Trade and Investment Cooperation held online recently in Hanoi and Montevideo.

Members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) sold over 30,038 vehicles in March, up 30% from the previous month, after recording growth of 33% in February, VAMA announced on April 13.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has directed relevant ministries, agencies and localities to resolve difficulties in terms of administrative procedures, capital accessibility, business conditions, debts, taxes and fees to facilitate business production.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese import and export turnover of goods reached US$30.78 billion during the second half of March, representing a fall of 15% against the same period from last year, with the country posting a trade surplus of US$1.97 billion, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always considers the United States as one of the most important partners in its foreign policy, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told US congressmen in Hanoi on April 8.

VOV.VN - The United States has significantly increased its import of chip products from four Asian countries (Thailand, Vietnam, India, and Cambodia) since the beginning of the year, according to data released by the US Census Bureau.

The Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that as Indonesia was among the major rice import markets of Vietnam, any policies, moves and market developments of Indonesia would partly affect the export of Vietnam into this market.

Vietnamese firms spent over US$903 million in the first quarter importing 41,780 completely-built-up (CBU) cars, according to a report by the General Statistics Office (GSO).