UK-based publisher of world-renowned travel books and magazines Rough Guides has published an article recommending outstanding Vietnamese dishes besides the already renown pho and banh mi.

VOV.VN - With an annual import value of fruit and vegetables worth more than GB£6billion, equivalent to US$8.4 billion, the UK can be considered a large potential market for Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports.

VOV.VN - Phu Quoc island, a famous tourist destination in Vietnam, is likely to receive between 2,000 and 3,000 tourists per month through charter flights touching down on the island for the first three months of a trial scheme aimed at welcoming back international tourists.

VOV.VN - Trade turnover between the nation and the UK surged by 25% during the first half of the year, with both sides aiming to double the bilateral trade value to US$10 billion within the next five years, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long.

VOV.VN - The United Kingdom has so far invested in 424 projects in Vietnam with a combined capital of US$3.9 billion, ranking 15th out of 140 countries and territories globally that have injected investment into the Southeast Asian nation, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

The multinational financial group HSBC held a webinar on July 1 to introduce business opportunities in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) for European Union and UK businesses.

Vietnam is a potential market for British firms operating in the electronics industry, Do Nhat Hoang, Director of the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency, said at a recent webinar. ​

VOV.VN - The remaining fruit in a batch of two tonnes of Vietnamese lychees was officially shipped to the UK market and distributed to a supermarket chain for the first time via TT Meridian Co, Ltd. on June 30.

Minister of State for Trade Policy under the UK Department for International Trade Greg Hands and UK Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward visited British University Vietnam’s (BUV) campus and attended the Inauguration Ceremony of BUV’s newly expanded campus area.

The Vietnamese economy has fared better than most during the COVID-19 pandemic and is well placed to capture renewed FDI interest, according to an article posted on the UK website lexology.com on June 23.