The European Union (EU) appreciates Vietnam's potential and wishes to further strengthen cooperation with the country to build a sustainable agricultural product supply chain, Janusz Wojciechowski, EU Commissioner for Agriculture, has said.

The British Government handed over the Vietnam national trade repository (VNTR) to the Vietnamese side at a ceremony on July 13.

Vietnam imported over 63,730 completely-built-up (CBU) cars worth some US$1.6 billion between January and June, dipping by 21.4% in volume and 14.4% in value year-on-year, according to data of the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski have affirmed the need to step up economic and trade ties, especially amid complicated market uncertainties making it urgent to guarantee sustainable supply chains and food security.

Despite the efforts of Japan and Vietnam, the participation of Vietnamese enterprises in the supply chain of supporting industry products of Japan is still limited.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) pumped 5.48 million tonnes of crude oil in the first six months of this year, surpassing the set target by 23%.

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam and the Embassy of Japan (EOJ) jointly launched in Hanoi on July 6 the global strategic partnership between UNDP and the Government of Japan to advance responsible business practices in Japanese companies and their supply chains in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - More than 200 exhibitors from 25 countries globally will participate in the International Livestock, Dairy, Meat Processing and Aquaculture Exposition (ILDEX Vietnam 2022), according to a press conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 30.

A conference will be co-held on June 23 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the British Embassy in Vietnam and the British Chamber of Commerce Vietnam (BritCham) to support Vietnamese enterprises to join the supply chain of British enterprises.

Twenty-seven export items joined the “one-billion-dollar” club in the first five months of this year, as compared with only 23 seen in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.