Vietnam and Argentina have sought ways to raise their bilateral trade and diversify exports to gradually balance the trade during the seventh meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic-Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation held virtually on August 20.

A programme to promote cross-border trade connectivity between India and countries in the Greater Mekong Sub region (GMS) was jointly held by trade promotion agencies of Vietnam, India, Thailand and Cambodia on August 19.

VOV.VN - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) imported goods worth a total of US$2.8 billion from Vietnam during the opening seven months of the year, representing an annual rise of 40.8%, reports the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency in Hanoi (KOTRA Hanoi) plans to organise an online trade exchange from September 27 to October 1 in an effort to connect Vietnamese businesses with firms from Incheon in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

VOV.VN - The Anti-Dumping Commission of Australia (ADC) has announced the fifth extension granted to issue the final report relating to an investigation into the alleged dumping and subsidisation of painted steel strapping from China and Vietnam.

The second meeting of the Vietnam – Egypt Sub-Committee on Trade and Industry Cooperation was held virtually on August 18 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung and his Egyptian counterpart Ibrahim El-Seginy.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese enterprises must learn to cater to the tastes and new consumption trends in order to boost their exports to Spain, according to Vietnam’s Trade Office in Spain.

Trade union organisations under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) have so far spent more than VND1.22 trillion (US$53.38 million) from the VGCL's budget and raised donations to help over 1 million members, particularly workers, to overcome COVID-19-related difficulties.

Vietnam overtook Bangladesh as the world’s second largest exporter of ready-made garments (RMG), with a turnover of US$29.8 billion, according to the World Trade Organisation.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien on August 16 put forward several measures that need to be done in the coming times to boost the development of border trade.