VOV.VN - Vietnam exported around 2.06 million tons of rice, earning US$916 million for the first four months of this year, up 11.8% in volume and 13.8% in value against the same period last year.

Though demand has increased as foreigners are now allowed to own houses in Vietnam, real estate developers dare not raise selling prices.

The agro-forestry-fisheries export turnover in April was estimated at US$2.97 billion, bringing the four-month figure to over US$10 billion, up 11% against the same period last year.

VOV.VN - Masan Consumer CEO Seokhee Won told the board of directors on April 26 he is determined to grow the company’s footprint in the ASEAN market.

VOV.VN - In excess of 175 exhibitors from 18 foreign countries were on hand for opening day festivities of the fourth edition of – MTA Hanoi 2016, – an international precision engineering, machine tools and metalworking exhibition and conference.

VOV.VN - The Thai Ministry of Commerce has announced that final preparations are underway for a massive trade fair set to transpire from May 6-8, inclusive, at the Thailand Trade Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines earned an estimated consolidated revenue of more than VND19 trillion (US$851.3 million) in the first quarter of this year.

Free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (VKFTA) would be an effective channel to increase the bilateral trade to US$70 billion in 2020, said an official of the Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. 

World Economic Forum (WEF) Managing Director Philipp Rösler met with young Vietnamese people and entrepreneurs in Hanoi on April 25. 

Vietnamese suppliers of the world’s leading sports brand PUMA will be able to access affordable financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) if they comply with PUMA’s environmental, health, safety and social standards.