VOV.VN - Vietnam exported over 156,000 tonnes of pepper worth US$498 million during the first six months of this year, marking a rise of 26.6% in volume, but a drop of 11% in value over the same period from 2022, according to the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that the military stay highly vigilant and show their combat readiness in order to both flexibly and effectively deal with any potential situations, while addressing a politico-military conference in Hanoi on July 5.

VOV.VN - Despite encountering numerous difficulties this year, especially the impact of complications globally, the national economy is now showing positive signs moving towards the second half of the year, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said.

A conference was held in Hanoi on July 4 to evaluate the role of green hydrogen in Vietnam’s energy policy, contributing to implementing the National Power Development Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a vision to 2045 (PDP VIII).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese airlines have resumed two direct air routes connecting the central city of Da Nang to Guangzhou and Hong Kong (China) after a period of temporary suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported approximately 766,000 tonnes of rubber worth US$1.05 billion in the first six months of 2023, down 2.6% in volume and down 22.9% in value against the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam’s 2023 growth is below-trend amid global external headwinds, but its position as a manufacturing FDI darling remains intact, DBS, Singapore’s leading consumer bank, said in a report released on July 3.

The Industry Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Toyota Motor Vietnam signed on July 4 a memorandum of understanding on a cooperation project to help domestic businesses in the automobile supporting industry improve their capacity and enhance the connectivity between them and car assemblers.

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide ODA loans worth JPY60,983 million, equivalent to nearly VND11,000 billion, to implement three projects in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade is collaborating with relevant ministries, agencies and localities to complete a draft decree on rice export and trading in the third quarter of this year to meet local and global market demands.