VOV.VN - Farmers in the central highland city of Da Lat have earned high profits from successfully growing some types of foreign fruit like Tamarillo tomato imported from Ecuador and Cara cara orange from Australia.

The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam’s Nutritional Foods Group (NFG) recommended that the Government remove the price ceiling on milk products for children under six years.

Ministries and localities have been told not to buy cars this year unless otherwise dictated by a comprehensive review of the  number of State-owned cars.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina visited Mendoza province from March 3-5, aiming to tighten investment and trade links.

The Vietnamese Businesses’ Association (VBA) in Russia on March 5 hosted a seminar in Moscow to discuss ways to promote economic and trade ties between Vietnam and Russia and with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

The export value of Vietnam’s handicraft products has averaged US$1.6 billion per year since 2000.

The Prime Minister recently ratified a project to stimulate non-cash transactions in 2016-20 with a view to reducing the cash transactions rate to under 10%.

VOV.VN - Singaporean e-commerce giant InfoFabrica has extended its cloud offerings to Vietnam with the signing of a joint venture agreement on March 3 with Vietnamese company Digiworld Corporation in Hanoi.

Panasonic Eco Solutions Vietnam Co Ltd  (PESVN) announced a decision on February 27 to construct a new wiring device and circuit breaker factory in Binh Duong with an aim to double the company’s production capacity in Vietnam.

Vietnamese pharmaceutical market harbours immense potential, but domestic enterprises are exploiting only half of this at best. 

Vietnam’s small businesses are among the fastest growing and most confident in the region, according to new survey data released on March 2.

VOV.VN - The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development led a high-level trade mission comprising 29 business representatives to Vietnam on February 28 to explore market opportunities.

The country’s consumer price index (CPI) in February inched up 0.23 percent from last month and 5.02 percent year-on-year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on February 28.

Vietnam and the UK are having numerous chances to increase the bilateral trade cooperation, according to Professor Julian Beer, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Birmingham City University (BCU).

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Ho Chi Minh City increased by 0.5% on a monthly basis in February, the municipal Statistics Office said on February 28. 

 Measurement and automated assembling technology will be the focus at the “Vietnam Manufacturing Expo 2017” which will take place from April 26 – 28 at the International Centre For Exhibition (I.C.E) in Hanoi.

The VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company listed more than 300 million shares on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) on February 28, becoming the first airline to debut on the southern bourse.

An initiative by the Mekong Youth Farm Network (Y-Farm) that focuses on youth engagement in organic farming and educating the younger generation in sustainable agriculture has won a grant from the US Department of State.

Canada will soon provide an aid package of about CAD15 million (US$11.3 million) for a food safety project in Vietnam.

Vietnam reported trade deficit of US$1.2 billion in February, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on February 26.

The Government recently issued a resolution to ratify an agreement and a protocol on avoiding double taxation and preventing income tax evasion between Vietnam and the United States of America.

The export value of agricultural, forestry and fishery products is estimated to see a year-on-year increase of 1.4% to US$4.3 billion in the first two months of 2017.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) surpassed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to become the biggest importer of telephones and components from Vietnam in January, with revenue of nearly US$230 million, a year-on-year surge of 107.7%.

HCM City officials are seeking ways to collect taxes from small- and home-based business owners who are selling merchandise on social media, such as Facebook, in a bid to reduce tax losses in the municipal budget.

HCM City and Hanoi continue to lead Vietnamese localities in e-commerce, The Vietnam E-commerce Association (Vecom) announced at the 2017 Vietnam Online Business Forum in Hanoi last week.

 Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung has suggested India back four ASEAN members, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV).

Seven APEC committees and working groups held meetings on February 27 – the 10th day of the first APEC Senior Officials’ Meetings (SOM 1) and related events in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province.

Vietcombank has set itself a target of 18 percent credit growth this year and pre-tax profit of VND9.2 trillion (over US$405 million).

The State Bank of Vietnam’s anti-dollarisation efforts have managed to keep the dong-dollar exchange rate fairly steady for a long time, thus helping stabilise the monetary market.

Dung Quat Refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai is aiming to decrease its turnover by 17% this year, a 2017 target of VND62.4 trillion (US$2.77 billion).