VOV.VN - Local firms have been advised to step up trade promotion efforts through online platforms in order to make further inroads into the Northern European market amid ongoing COVID-19 challenges, according to industry insiders.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Duong Quoc Thanh paid a working trip to Misiones to introduce economic and tourism potential of Vietnam and promote trade and investment cooperation between the northern province of Argentina and Vietnamese localities.

VOV.VN - Local firms have been urged to focus their efforts on producing high-quality coffee or organic coffee in order to make further inroads in the Northern European market, according to advice given by the Vietnamese Trade Office in Sweden.

More Vietnamese goods are available on foreign supermarket shelves but enterprises still need to overcome a number of challenges if they want to enhance their brand image.

VOV.VN - Bilateral trade turnover between Vietnam and Laos reached over US$671 million during the first half of this year, representing a rise of 36.5% compared to the same period from last year.

A strategy for developing domestic trade between 2021 and 2030 has been signed off by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, aiming to raise domestic trade’s proportion in the country’s GDP to 15% - 15.5% in the next 10 years.

VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomes the US’s latest decision not to take any trade action against the nation concerning the Vietnam Currency Section 301 investigation.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on July 23 issued a formal determination in the Vietnam Currency Section 301 investigation, under which the agency will not take any tariff action against Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Trade Office in Australia is launching Vietnamese Dragon Fruit Weeks in several major Australian cities from July 21 to August 10 to further popularize the Vietnamese tropical fruit in the lucrative market.

VOV.VN - The country recorded a trade deficit of more than US$3 billion between the beginning of the year and mid-July, according to details given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.