VOV.VN - The United States Department of Commerce heard testimony on May 8 regarding whether or not to designate Vietnam as a "market economy”, gathering responses from many experts.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the initiation of the first sunset review of the anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on laminated woven sacks imported from Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VOV.VN - The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a notice terminating the investigation into the product scope of steel wheels imported from Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).

Current exchange rate fluctuations still fall within the controlled range of the State Bank of Vietnam, without necessitating usage of foreign exchange reserves for intervention, Nguyen Ba Hung, Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam, has said.

More than 200 overseas Vietnamese and French friends gathered with various organisations at the Place de la République in Paris on May 4 to express their support for Vietnamese-French Tran To Nga and Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims of Vietnam in a lawsuit against chemical companies that supplied herbicides to the US military during the war in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese leather and footwear exports during the opening four months of the year rose by 5.7% year on year to US$6.542 billion, according to statistics from the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese pangasius exports to the United States brought back nearly US$31 million in value in March, representing an increase of 0.03% year on year and a two-fold rise compared to the previous month, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai on April 25 had a meeting with a high-level delegation from the US chip giant NVIDIA led by Vice President Keith Strier, who is on a working trip to Vietnam.

The Court of Appeal of Paris will open a hearing in early May regarding a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran Thi To Nga against US chemical corporations that supplied Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin for the US army during the war in Vietnam.

A delegation from the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) led by its permanent Vice President Do Thi Thu Thao held a working session with the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations headquarters in New York during a recent working trip to the US.