Ho Chi Minh City’s Centre for Trade Promotion and Investment on October 14 held a seminar on expanding the market of Vietnamese food and agricultural products in North America and within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Hanoi has issued an implementation plan for a project to develop key industrial products in the 2021-2025 period, with an estimated cost of VND200 billion (US$8.63 million).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Trade Office in Sweden has recently launched an official website at vietnordic.com with the aim of enhancing connectivity with the markets of Nordic countries based in Northern Europe.

The Vietbuild Hanoi International Exhibition 2020 opened on October 6 at the National Palace for Architecture, Construction, and Planning Exhibition, showcasing a series of products, technologies and services.

Vietnam has faced nearly 200 allegations of trade safeguard violations to date even as protectionism and trade conflicts increase around the world.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoIT) is drafting a decree relating to the origin of items produced or manufactured in Vietnam in an effort to protect the interests of domestic consumers and combat trade fraud.

VOV.VN - The agro-forestry-aquatic sector has recorded a surplus of US$7.25 billion during the past nine months, representing an annual increase of 15.7%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - Mercosur, the South American trade bloc, is considered a potential market for Vietnamese products such as garments, footwear, handicrafts, and processed foods, despite the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic causing disruption to traditional supply chains.

VOV.VN - It is anticipated that Vietnam's fruit products will enjoy greater opportunities in relation to export and import turnover as both Vietnam and China have successfully brought the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic under control.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 30 received Greg Hands, Minister of State for Trade Policy in the Department for International Trade of the UK and President of Enterprize Energy Group Ian Raymond Hatton, who are on a visit to Vietnam to promote an offshore wind power project in the central province of Binh Thuan.