VOV.VN - Japan has outpaced the US to become the largest consumer of Vietnamese seafood, although the export of these products to this market decreased by 11% to over US$310 million in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Dozens of Indonesian and Vietnamese travel agencies met in an exchange on April 12 to create more tourism products for Vietnamese and Indonesian people.

No longer hot on the stock market, yet banking sector remains one of the priorities of foreign investors, with foreign ownership rate in many banks reaching the cap of 30% as regulated.

VOV.VN - The Open Trade Gate Sweden (OTGS) is scheduled to host a webinar on April 20 to provide Vietnamese businesses with relevant information about opportunities to boost the export of food ingredients to the Swedish market, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Sweden.

VOV.VN - The Malaysian tourism agencies held seminars on April 11 - 12 to promote the diversity of the country’s tourism products to Vietnamese tourists, and launch the Visit Melaka Year 2024 campaign.

VOV.VN - The Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it is verifying news that some royal ordination documents under the reign of the former Nguyen dynasty will be put up for auction in China.

VOV.VN - The European Commission (EC) has been compiling a dossier to monitor the level of 2-chloroethanol residues in rice paper products, phở (dried noddles), and bún (vermicelli noodles) imported from the Vietnamese market, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Belgium and the EU.

VOV.VN - The Asian Records Organisation (ARO) announced a further nine Vietnamese culinary specialties as part of its latest Asian Records listings, according to the Vietnam Records Organisation (VietKings).

The relationship between Vietnam and France has been thriving, and the two countries have become accompanying, reliable partners of each other, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has affirmed in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties and 10 years of the strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh held a working session on April 11 with a delegation of interns from the German Foreign Ministry to compare notes on the nation’s external policies.