Top-level officials from the U.S. and European Union will meet Wednesday to discuss several major economic and technological challenges.

The US is a potential market for Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports thanks to the diverse distribution system along with a 3-million-strong overseas Vietnamese community, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in the US.

Despite COVID-19, foreign investors’ new capital registered in Vietnam reached US$ 22.15 billion in the first nine months, up 4.4 percent compared to the same period last year, as heard at the Government Portal’s online conference held on September 27 with the participation of a number of localities housing foreign direct investment (FDI) projects.

Việt Nam-US trade ties have enjoyed impressive growth over the 26 years since the normalisation of diplomatic ties.

Despite a decrease in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam in recent months due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economists assessed Vietnam remains attractive to foreign investors and needs to take advantage of FDI attraction opportunities to boost economic growth.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has announced the first review of the anti-dumping measures imposed on a number of plastic products imported from China, Malaysia and Thailand.

An international conference with the theme of “Algerian economy with a vision to 2030” was organised for the first time in Skikda province on September 25-26, aimed to promote the entrepreneurship among young Algerians.

In recent months, the Vietnamese government has introduced various measures to support enterprises and their employees to maintain the production and supply chains amid the COVID-19 pandemic, such as Resolutions 86 and 105.

A virtual workplace platform named VCCI-Workplace was launched late last week by the Business Cooperation Council in Response to COVID-19

Vietnam is taking final steps and scheduled to complete the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by November this year.