VOV.VN - China has long been Vietnam’s top trading partner, with bilateral trade soaring to approximately US$172 billion by 2023, while the Vietnamese side claims the title of being China's largest trading partner within ASEAN and fifth in the world overall.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had a meeting in Vientiane on April 8 with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone who asked relevant ministries of the two sides to focus on removing difficulties facing their businesses in exporting coal and electricity, thus improving the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation in trade, energy, and minerals.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Lao Minister of Industry and Commerce Malaithong Kommasith signed a new Vietnam-Laos trade agreement following their talks in Vientiane, Laos, on April 8.

VOV.VN - The establishment of a free trade zone in Da Nang closely connected with Lien Chieu port is anticipated to open up a wealth of opportunities for the central city’s continued development.

VOV.VN - Geleximco and Omoda & Jaecoo joint venture will co-operate to build an automobile factory in the northern province of Thai Binh worth more than US$800 million with a capacity of producing 200,000 vehicles per year.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Trade Office in Algeria and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Algeria's Béjaia province co-hosted a seminar on April 2 as part of efforts to introduce economic and trade co-operation potential between the two nations.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is conducting a review of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy taxes imposed on upholstered seating originating in or exported from China and Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).

A delegation of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) led by Minister Nguyen Chi Dung paid a working visit to China’s Hainan province from March 31 to April 1 to learn how to build and develop an international free trade zone model.

VOV.VN - The US Department of Commerce (DOC) recently issued a preliminary conclusion on the anti-subsidy investigation into frozen warm water shrimp originating from Vietnam, according to details given by the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam.

The Vietnamese and Indonesian economies share many similarities, conducive to cooperation in trade, agriculture, and fisheries promotion, said experts at a symposium held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 1.