VOV.VN - Vietnam and Japan have launched Phase VIII of their Joint Initiative, focusing on 11 issues aimed at further improving Vietnam’s business and investment climate.

While Vietnam is not out of the woods yet, it has enough pull factors to encourage investors to continue their business operations and even move their manufacturing operations to the country, according to Vietnam Briefing.

Despite a sharp fall in exports in August and September due to impacts of COVID-19, the wood sector still has chances to complete its export target for the whole year provided that it can quickly resume production, according to experts.

A workshop took place in Hanoi on October 19 to exchange and share results of a report on “Strengthening the Capacity of Vietnam’s Private Sector in the New Stage” compiled by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

Vietnam is ready to coordinate with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and international partners to achieve the targets of this year’s World Food Day (October 16), an official has said.

VOV.VN - A seminar detailing co-operation with Canada in the global supply chain was held on October 14 via both offline and online platforms by the Vietnamese Embassy in Canada in collaboration with the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council in Ontario, Canada.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s top priority now is to assist businesses in Vietnam to achieve the “twin targets” of ensuring safety amid the COVID-9 pandemic and maintaining production to avoid disruptions to supply chains.

VOV.VN - A webinar took place on October 14 to discuss the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global supply chains, the Vietnamese logistics sector, business operations, and policy recommendations for the country.

The agricultural sector, one of the pillars of the domestic economy, has plans to restore production in the south immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic is controlled.

Reopening the economy is being considered an inevitable path to create an opportunity to reverse gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the fourth quarter and improve that of the whole year 2021.