VOV.VN - Egypt attaches importance to relations with Vietnam and considers the Southeast Asian nation an important partner, said Ayman Kamel, Egypt’s Assistant Foreign Minister for Asia.

VOV.VN - Vietnam continued to expand foreign trade in the first quarter of 2022, producing a trade surplus of US$1.46 billion, according to the latest data unveiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnamese seafood and agricultural produce exporters have faced difficulties in meeting China’s new registration regulations.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on April 5 held a conference to evaluate trade promotion activities in the first quarter of this year and seek ways to help localities, economic sectors and businesses surmount difficulties, build strategies to expand international trade activities.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will consider importing coal from South Africa to feed coal fired power plants as it has an increasing power demand for economic recovery.

Despite suffering the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict which affects international trade, import and export activities of Ho Chi Minh city still achieved impressive growth in the first quarter of this year.

The Power Project Management Board 2 (PPMB) under Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) on March 31 signed contracts on construction and equipment supply and installation for two projects to serve the import of electricity from Laos.

VOV.VN - Petrol prices tumbled more than VND1,000/litre on April 1 after environmental protection tax rates were axed by VND2,000/litre, which were in effect the same day.

The Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced that it will host 30 consultation events for enterprises in 2022.

As fruit and vegetable exports to China face difficulties, many Vietnamese enterprises have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in systems and processing plants to sell their products in Europe and the US.