VOV.VN - With local coconut products boasting great potential for export, the Vietnamese coconut industry is anticipated to rake in US$1 billion this year, according to industry insiders.

VOV.VN - The nation is striving to reach its dragon fruit, banana, and durian export target of US$2 billion this year.

Many enterprises from countries such as the UK, the Republic of Korea and Japan said Vietnam is an attractive investment destination, given the country’s stable macroeconomy, rapid growth and large market with a rising middle class.

Vietsovpetro should pay more attention to renewable energy, especially wind power which is Russia’s strength, First Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of Federal Assembly of Russia (upper house) Andrey Yatskin said on February 20.

Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai on February 20 suggested the Republic of Korea (RoK) – Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group make more contributions to the bilateral legislative ties.

VOV.VN - Every Sunday a market held along the border with Laos at the Nam Can international border gate in Nghe An province becomes bustling as it satisfies the shopping demand of people living in border areas between the two countries.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) reported that tra (pangasius) exports brought in only US$83.6 million in January, down 44% month on month and down 61% from a year earlier.

VOV.VN - Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had a working session with his visiting Czech counterpart Jozef Sileka in Hanoi on February 20 to examine economic-trade-investment cooperation opportunities between the two countries.

Vietnamese enterprises need to improve their social and environmental performance to secure their position in global supply chains, a seminar heard in Ho Chi Minh City last week.

The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) recently organised a scientific workshop in The Hague to launch technical cooperation in identifying war remains.