To ensure the implementation of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), Vietnam needs an effective inter-agency coordination mechanism for administrative reform, experts said at a TFA seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 29.

Consumer price index (CPI) in the first quarter of 2017 increased by 4.96% year on year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Trade revenue between Vietnam and India jumped 37.8% to US$1.1 billion in the first two months of 2017 against the same period last year, according to latest statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam exported an estimated 1.28 million tonnes of rice in the first three months of the year, earning US$570 million, down 18% in volume and 17.3% in value compared to the same period last year. 

Prospects are bright for Vietnam’s footwear exports after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement comes into force in 2018.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Embassy in Argentina held a ‘Doing Business in Vietnam’ seminar on March 23 in Buenos Aires to promote commercial trade and introduce the country’s business climate. 

Vietnam’s manufacturing sector has proven a magnet for foreign direct investment in the first quarter, absorbing US$6.54 billion, which accounted for 84.9% of total registered capital in the period.

The Government of Vietnam has made accelerated efforts to improve the business climate but more drastic measures must be taken at local levels where firms still face obstacles in doing business, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

 The Thailand’s product week 2017 kicked off in the northern port city of Hai Phong on March 23.

VOV.VN - Excitement is already building for an international milk and dairy expo – Vietnam Dairy 2017 – set to transpire May 31-June 3 at the Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi.