A conference took place in Tokyo on July 25 to connect Japanese investors with Vietnamese localities, industrial parks, and enterprises.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Israel signed a bilateral free trade agreement in Jerusalem on July 25, creating a legal corridor for the two countries to promote economic development and trade exchanges.

The UK is set to recognise that Vietnam’s industries are operating in a market economy and will not impose unfavourable rules should they be investigated under trade defence measures, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam.

A webinar on e-commerce opportunities in Singapore and countries in the region for Vietnamese goods was held on July 21 by the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore, the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Department of Asia-Africa Markets and the Vietnam E-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Trade Office in Saudi Arabia and the Jordan Chamber of Commerce co-hosted a business forum in the Jordanian capital of Amman on July 18 to ramp up economic and trade links and accelerate the export of Vietnamese goods to Jordan.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese Goods Week entitled “Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta" is scheduled to take place from August 16 to 20 at Central World shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Vietnam Trade Office in India held a webinar on July 5 to discuss several notes during the negotiation, signing and implementation of contracts with Indian partners, with about 150 business representatives interested in the Indian market taking part.

The more than 5 million Vietnamese people living and working in 130 countries have helped bring Vietnamese goods, especially farm produce, to the world.

The Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs held a hybrid conference on June 28 highlighting the role of OV communities in the “Vietnamese people prioritise Vietnamese goods” campaign.

There remained big challenges in Vietnam's exports to China, as the market has been and will continue to impose higher requirements on both export and import standards, said Tran Quang Huy, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia-Africa Market Department.