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According to the Agency of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the export of Vietnam’s wood industry to France and Europe at large has ample room for growth.

The Government has consented to purchase another nearly 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine BNT162 by Pfizer, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite has been delivered to Japan ahead of its planned launch into outer space, reported Vietnam News Agency according to the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

A consultation session about agricultural and seafood exports to Algeria and Senegal was held on August 11, with the participation of over 100 Vietnamese firms, reported Vietnam News Agency.

India imports 95% of its demand for dragon fruit from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka, of which Vietnam makes up the majority, according to the Vietnamese Trade Promotion Agency.

The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) announced results of pre-clinical research on a herbal medicine for COVID-19 treatment called VIPDERVIR at an online press conference on August 10.

Vietnam remains an attractive destination for US investors in the Indo-Pacific, reported Vietnam News Agency based on a webinar recently held by The Asia Group.

According to the Ministry of Health (MoH), an additional 4,949 coronavirus cases have been detected in Vietnam during the past 12 hours, raising the country’s daily count to 9,684, a record high figure since the resurgence of the virus in late April.

(CPV) - Swiss projects covered 13 industries in Vietnam and mostly focused on the manufacturing and processing industry with 52 projects, with a registered capital of 1.73 billion USD, accounting for 93.31% the total investment.

Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc island of Vietnam have been listed among the world’s 100 greatest places to explore on Earth in 2021 as voted by US-based Time Magazine (Time), said the Vietnam News Agency.

Despite complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, export revenues from agricultural products have increased strongly so far this year, greatly contributing to the country’s economic growth, reported VNA.

Export revenue from the EU market reached 22.5 billion USD in the first seven months of 2021, a year on year rise of 15.5 percent, reported Vietnam News Agency based on statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The disbursed public investment declined in July due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, but it still grew 5.6 percent in the first seven months of 2021 as compared to the same period last year, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam’s garment-textile export turnover hit nearly 19 billion USD in the first six months of 2021, up more than 20 percent year-on-year, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnamese investments overseas increased dramatically 125.4 percent year-on-year to 570 million USD in the first seven months of 2021, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

According to the General Statistic Office (GSO), Vietnam’s export earning hit 27 billion USD in July, down 0.8 percent month-on-month and up 8.4 percent year-on-year.

Three Vietnamese cities, namely Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc, have been named among the list of the world’s 100 greatest places in 2021 by Time magazine, reported the Voice of Vietnam.

Despite trade deficit in the first half of 2021, experts still predicted that Vietnam will soon resume balance in the trade of goods thanks to the strong growth in production, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The Kien Giang Mekong Delta province will grant identification codes to all local brackish water shrimp farms from now to September.

A strategy for developing domestic trade between 2021 and 2030 has been signed off by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, aiming to raise domestic trade’s proportion in the country’s GDP to 15 - 15.5% in the next 10 years, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia is organising a Vietnamese dragon fruit week in large Australian cities from July 21 to August 10 to promote the export of the fruit, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The Vietnamese U23 football team has been ranked eighth in the Asian region, according to the latest rankings as announced by global football website Footy Rankings, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam Railways (VNR) on July 20 added a new rail freight link from Vietnam to Belgium, with the first train departing from Yen Vien station, Hanoi, and expected to arrive at Liege City in Belgium, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam hopes to rake in 4 billion USD from fruit and vegetables exports this year if the H1 pace is maintained in the second half of this year, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam was named among the world’s top 20 host economies for foreign direct investment (FDI) for the first time in 2020 with an inflow of 16 billion USD.

Vietnam’s daily COVID-19 infection tally hit a record high of 5,926 after 2,828 further positive cases, including 21 imported infections were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on July 18 evening.

A draft project on “Promoting value and building Hue folk singing into a unique cultural tourism product in 2020-2025” has been granted approval by the People’s Commitee of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, reported the Voice of Vietnam.

Given the impact of the ongoing pandemic and its outbreak in several major Vietnamese hubs, European business leaders are looking ahead to the next quarter, according to the quarterly Business Climate Index (BCI) survey unveiled by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham), reported VOV News.

A largest-ever international conference will be organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Hung Yen province to promote longan and other local agricultural products on July 15.

Venezuela aspires to strengthen connectivity with Vietnamese businesses, especially in the fields of large-scale cow husbandry and farming, wood processing, and glass manufacturing for household utensils, according to Venezuelan business representatives, reported VOV.