Vietnamese firms are working to bring more products to the Japan to not only increase their presence at the over 125-million-strong market but also use their foothold there as a launch pad to reach other choosy markets in the world.

VOV.VN - From the early hours of the morning on April 22, Hanoians have been busy making and buying “Bánh trôi" and "Bánh chay" specifically for the Cold Food Festival which falls on the third day of the third lunar month.

A conference was held in Hong Kong (China) on April 19 to tighten relations between rice businesses from Vietnam and Hong Kong as well as to promote Vietnamese high-quality rice in the market.

The Philippines spent more than US$450 million importing some 900,000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice in the first quarter of this year, and more orders are expected to be placed in the time ahead.

VOV.VN - Magazine Travel+Leisure of the United States recently named Regent Phu Quoc resort in the southern province of Kien Giang among the 100 best new hotels in the world for 2023.

VOV.VN - Transparent as an amber nugget, cool as a cube of jelly, and as smooth as silkworm cloth, the gio cake (rice cake with herbal ash) of Gia village doesn’t just look good, but also tastes delicious.

VOV.VN - The European Commission (EC) has been compiling a dossier to monitor the level of 2-chloroethanol residues in rice paper products, phở (dried noddles), and bún (vermicelli noodles) imported from the Vietnamese market, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Belgium and the EU.

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 - The average export price of Vietnamese rice rose to US$473 per tonne this year, the highest compared to those of other major rice exporting countries in Asia, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Taking full advantage of Vietnam's numerous free trade agreements (FTAs) and rolling out measures to promote trade are keys to boosting the country's export in the future, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).