The State Duma of Russia has ratified the free trade agreement (FTA) between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam.

European automakers are welcoming the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement’s slashed tariffs, expected to take effect in early 2018, as a key step towards boosting imports to and investment in Vietnam’s rapidly-growing auto market.

VOV.VN - Hanoi’s exports are estimated at US$852 million in April, down 1% against the previous month and 4% over the same period last year, according to Hanoi’s Statistics Office.

Vietnam, an agricultural country which has great advantages to produce natural foods, still has to import products of this kind for domestic consumption.

All Nippon Airways, Japan’s largest airline group by revenue and passenger number, is expected to earn 1 billion Japanese yen (around US$9.1 million) annually from the acquisition of a stake in national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

More than 20,000 businesses were dissolved or stopped operation within one quarter. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam exporters posted a 9.6% year-on-year jump in overseas footwear consignments to US$2.78 billion for the first three months of 2016, according to the latest statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Giant property developers keep flocking to Halong city in the north-eastern province of Quang Ninh to cash in on the breakthrough in infrastructure development as well as its immense tourism potential.

Cement manufacturer LafargeHolcim Group, a joint venture between Swiss Holcim Ltd. and French Lafarge Group, may withdraw from Vietnam due to the oversupply of cement in the domestic market.

Cosmobeate Vietnam 2016, the biggest beauty trade exhibition in the Indochina region, opened on April 21 in HCM City with leading brands, products, technologies and services from the cosmetics, beauty, hair, and spa industries on show.