Rice shipments drop in nine months
Rice shipments drop in nine months

Vietnam shipped abroad some 3.76 million tonnes of rice worth US$1.69 billion between January and September, dropping 16.4% in volume and 12.5% in value from a year earlier. 

Rice shipments drop in nine months
Nine-month GDP grows 5.93% year on year
Nine-month GDP grows 5.93% year on year

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first nine months of 2016 expanded by 5.93% from a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). 

Nine-month GDP grows 5.93% year on year
Amcham appoints new Chair of Real Estate & Tourism Committee
Amcham appoints new Chair of Real Estate & Tourism Committee

VOV.VN - The American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Amcham) has designated Mr Michael Kelly as the Chair of the Real Estate & Tourism Committee. 

Amcham appoints new Chair of Real Estate & Tourism Committee
Industry and trade reform takes time: deputy minister
Industry and trade reform takes time: deputy minister

The industry and trade sector accounts for up to 80 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It has been considered as one of key sector for State management on the economy. 

Industry and trade reform takes time: deputy minister
ASEAN International Expo 2016 opens in Ho Chi Minh City
ASEAN International Expo 2016 opens in Ho Chi Minh City

 ASEAN International Expo 2016 kicked off in the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City on September 28, with the participation of more than 160 firms from Vietnam and ASEAN countries with 250 stalls. 

ASEAN International Expo 2016 opens in Ho Chi Minh City
US keeps duties on Vietnamese frozen shrimp
US keeps duties on Vietnamese frozen shrimp

US will continue imposing anti-dumping duty on Vietnamese frozen warm water shrimp to the US market after the second five-year sunset review, reported the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA).

US keeps duties on Vietnamese frozen shrimp
Furniture exports must meet int'l standards
Furniture exports must meet int'l standards

Furniture exporters should become more aware of import market regulations and standards in various countries, delegates said at a seminar held in HCM City on September 28.

Furniture exports must meet int'l standards
Fake fertilisers flood market
Fake fertilisers flood market

Fake and substandard fertilizers are alarmingly rampant in Vietnam, experts said at a conference on September 28.

Fake fertilisers flood market
Thailand proposes anti-dumping duty on Vietnam’s steel products
Thailand proposes anti-dumping duty on Vietnam’s steel products

Thailand has proposed the imposition of anti-dumping duty at a maximum of 40.49 percent on Vietnam’s steel products imported into the country. 

Thailand proposes anti-dumping duty on Vietnam’s steel products
Microsoft to aid startup projects in Vietnam
Microsoft to aid startup projects in Vietnam

Experts from US tech giant Microsoft will take part in a training program aimed to provide technological assistance and infrastructure solutions for Vietnam startup projects backed by the Vietnam Silicon Valley (VSV) project.

Microsoft to aid startup projects in Vietnam