The northern port city of Hai Phong is expected to become the international gate of the north for an estimated 109-114 million tonnes of goods in and out and about 25,800 foreign tourists by 2020.

Risk management is now an important part of Vietnam’s financial system after some banks suffered high losses and capital deficits, and merged with other banks.

VOV.VN - Panama’s Food Safety Authority (AUPSA) has issued import permits to 17 local seafood exporters who have met all of the qualifications to ship product to the Central American country.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, whose international transaction name is Petrovietnam, or PVN for short, announced on August 22 that it has signed an agreement with Total E&P Myanmar Ltd to supply oil rigs.

Artermia egg importers have complained that if they have to pay 5% import tax arrears, they will be pushed into a corner, while farmers will suffer the most.

Despite imposing additional tariffs on imported steel billets and rods, Vietnam has failed to stem the influx of imported steel, mainly from China whose suppliers are offloading products cheaply due to oversupply in their domestic market.

The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang will promote trade with China ’s southwestern province of Yunnan, a local official has confirmed.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has suggested developing shrimp as a national strategic product as it can contribute to agriculture growth in the rest of 2016.

Vietnamese cosmetic producers are losing their domestic market share because of not investing in developing brands and improving packaging, a conference heard in HCM City recently.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has asked Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to consider the participation of Vietnam in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).