VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 22 evening received Dr. Philipp Rosler, Vietnam’s first Honorary Consul to Switzerland, a German politician of Vietnamese origin.

VOV.VN - Retail prices of petrol and oil continued to witness an increase as of 3 p.m. on January 21 following the latest price review jointly conducted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

A seminar was held in An Giang province on January 20 to promote trade and investment between the US and the Mekong Delta localities.

The seventh high-level economic dialogue between Vietnam and France took place in the form of videoconference on January 20.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long on January 18 met with Graham Stuart, newly appointed Trade Envoy of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, to exchange measures to bolster economic-trade ties between Vietnam and the UK.

VOV.VN - Australian firm VINREC is purchasing and processing approximately 1,000 tonnes of Vietnamese jackfruit into 200 tonnes of frozen jackfruit products for export to its market, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Australia.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s trade turnover with Japan reached roughly US$42.7 billion last year, of which the country raked in US$20.13 billion from exports, an increase of 4.4% compared to 2020, according to the latest statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) has brought about positive results though it took effect recently, said head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department Luong Hoang Thai at a seminar held in Hanoi on January 18.

VOV.VN - Developing logistics in order to facilitate export businesses was a recommendation made by businesses at a seminar held on January 18 to discuss solving difficulties faced by import-export enterprises and ways to boost trade facilitation amid COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Last year saw the export turnover of timber and wood products to the United States reach an estimated US$8.8 billion, a rise of 22.4% compared to 2020.