The US and Latin American countries have huge demand for products made by sectors in which Vietnamese companies have advantages, but they need to study these markets carefully to enter them, a forum heard in HCM City on November 17.

(VOV) - The UK market imports more than US$1,000 billion of goods annually and consignments from companies operating in Vietnam account for just a tiny fraction of that total, said Vietnam Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Van Thao.

Improved macroeconomic stability was likely to help Vietnamese banks curb new non-performing loans (NPL), Fitch Ratings said in its latest Asia-Pacific Banks Chart of the Month report on Vietnam.

Countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), including Vietnam, will remove tariff on new cars in the 13th year after the agreement comes into effect, a finance ministry official said.

Vietnam will reform the structure of export goods and increase quality of export products to strive for sustainable exports and increase its value by this year-end and beyond.

Vietnam Airlines’ schedule for flights from and to Paris remains unchanged despite a series of attacks in the French capital city on November 13, the national flag carrier has said. 

(VOV) - On November 12, Vinamilk embarked on a month-long promotional campaign in Russia hoping to boost sales in a country where the annual consumption of milk products per capita is very high.  

The first economic forum between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) took place in Hanoi on November 13 with the participation of more than 400 delegates from the two countries’ governmental agencies and businesses.

Vietnamese household appliance producer Kangaroo Group plans to make strong investment in Indonesia as this is a potential market with increasing demands for top-quality commodities, said General Director of Kangaroo Group Nguyen Thanh Phuong at the customer conference held in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

Officials and producers in the southern central province of Binh Thuan studied the Geographic Indication (GI) system of Europe at a workshop on November 13 with a view to developing plans to improve local products’ quality to meet the system’s standards.