Trade – Investment

(CPV) - Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son praised Belarusian enterprises for their interest at Vietnam Expo 2018, saying that this a good signal for the two sides to raise trade turnover to USD500 million.

Export value of vegetables and fruits reached an estimated USD3.5 billion in Jan-Nov 2018, a year-on-year rise of 11.6%, according the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Agricultural Processing and Market Development Authority.

The 18th Vietnam - China border economic and trade fair kicked off in Hekou district of China’s Yunnan province on December 4th, with various products on display.

The State Treasury of Vietnam raised more than VND10.2 trillion (USD438.6 million) from government bonds (G-bonds) in November’s 14th auctions at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), up 23 percent from October.

In the Philippine’s tender for importing 203,000 tons of 25% broken rice under the government-to-government (G2G) form, Vietnam won a contract of 123,000 tons, while Thailand had 80,000 tons.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in November 2018 decreased 0.29% from the previous month, bring the index for the first 11 months of the year up 3.59% over a year earlier, according to Ministry of Planning and Investment’s General Statistics Office.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PV Gas) and Premier Oil Tuna (POT) B.V, Indonesia, have signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding.

The Noi Bai international airport announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding Company, a management and operation unit of Germany’s Leipzig/Halle airport.

The second Vietnam Coffee Day will be held in Gia Nghia town, the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong from from December 9th to 11th, 2018 said the provincial People’s Committee in a press conference on November 28th.

(CPV) - International exhibition on food, restaurant and hotel (Food & Hotel 2018) opened at the International Exhibition Center, Hanoi, on November 28th with the participation of more than 100 exhibitors from 13 countries and territories.

(CPV) – The latest statistics by the General Department of Customs showed that total commodity export and import turnover in Jan-Nov 2018 reached an estimated USD440.45 billion, a year-on-year rise of 13.4%.

External relations activities have made remarkable contributions to the dynamic and comprehensive development of the southern province of Binh Duong, linking 64 countries and territories investing in the province.

The Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical (BSR) JSC has summarized and granted awards to teams and individuals with outstanding performance at the fourth BSR skills competition.

Vietnam’s newly-registered and increased capital, capital contribution and share purchase of foreign investors totaled USD30.8 billion in Jan-Nov 2018, a year-on-year decrease of 6.8%, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

The 16th Vietnam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo 2018) will take place from December 5th to 8th at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center, Ho Chi Minh city, with the participation of 750 exhibitors from 20 countries and territories.

(CPV) - Export value of major forestry products in Jan-Nov 2018 reached an estimated USD8.49 billion, a year-on-year rise of 16.6%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Vietnam Administration of Forestry.

The 2018 Horasis Asia Meeting, Asia’s premier gathering of the region’s most senior leaders in business and administration, opened in the southern province of Binh Duong in November 26th.

International experts put forward measures for Vietnam’s sustainable energy development and reduction of gas emission during the second high-level meeting of the Vietnam Energy Partnership Group (VEPG) in Hanoi on November 26th.

(CPV) - Vietnam’s trade surplus with France reached more than USD2 billion in Jan-Oct 2018, equivalent to that of all of 2017.

The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai sought investors for 22 projects at an investment promotion conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 23rd.

(CPV) - A list of Top 100 sustainable companies in Vietnam 2018 were honored during a ceremony held in Hanoi on November 22nd by Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc participated in a ceremony launching the “Vietnamese goods conquer Vietnamese people” programme and introducing new products of local automaker VinFast in Hanoi on November 20th.

Many Vietnamese firms have won export contracts at the Private Label Show 2018 recently held in the US city of Chicago, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency.

(CPV) – On October 19th, five days after resuming operation, Dung Quat Bio Ethanol Plant of the Central Petroleum and Bio-fuel JSC (BSR-BF) launched bio ethanol product (E100).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) expects Vietnam to record a trade surplus of USD2-3 billion in 2018, on the foundation of a USD6.42 billion surplus already reported in the first ten months of the year.

Vietnam has many opportunities to increase white-leg shrimp exports to the European Union (EU) in the future, according to the Vietnam Association Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

54% of German companies wish to expand their business in Vietnam over the next 12 months and 52% want to hire more employees for their factories, according to a survey announced by the Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Vietnam (GIC/AHK Vietnam).

The Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical (BSR) JSC has been honored for significant contributions to the socio-economic development of the central province of Quang Ngai in 2018.

Vietnam attaches importance to promoting locality cooperation with Japan, considering this a result-oriented and effective collaboration channel to step up economic, trade and labour ties as well as people-to-people exchange between the two countries, said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung.

Sunjin Group from the Republic of Korea inaugurated its new animal feed factory at Dong Van IV Industrial Park, in Kim Bang district, the northern province of Ha Nam on November 16th.