The KPMG Vietnam Tax Institute 2017 series held its first session in Ho Chi Minh City recently, covering the most pressing issues of Vietnam’s tax system. 

VOV.VN - A two-day conference on supply and demand connections opened at Phu Tho Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on December 8, with 2,763 businesses from 39 provinces and cities showcasing their products on 450 standard pavilions.

Exports of wood and timber products are expected to hit US$8 billion in 2017, surpassing the yearly target of US$7.5 billion, according to Nguyen Ton Quyen, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association.

Vietnam’s tra fish exports to Spain see no sign of recovery following inaccurate news broadcast by Spanish media early this year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (VASEP) has said.

Enterprises of Vietnam and China have signed principle contracts on watermelon trade in 2018 and the following years at a conference held in the central province of Quang Ngai on December 6. 

VOV.VN - Around 750 exhibitors from 16 countries and territories presented their new product ranges at the 15th Vietnam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo 2017) at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on December 6.

The garment-textile industry expects to rake in US$31 billion in exports by the end of 2017, a year-on-year rise of 10.23%.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s rice exports achieved a great triumph in the 11 months leading up to December as they hit 5.52 million tons worth US$2.49 billion, up 24.1% in volume and 24.9% in value against the same period last year.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau aims to earn US$1.2 billion from exports in 2018, up US$100 million against 2017.

Vietnamese businesses spent some US$200 million importing 7,000 completely built-up units (CBUs) in November, according to an estimate of the General Statistics Office (GSO).