A business networking conference was organised virtually on August 5 to seek ways to boost the export of dragon fruit to India and Pakistan amid difficulties due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam and China has signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in agriculture and fruit sale, expected to facilitate farm produce trading amid difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the context of complicated developments of the COVID-19 epidemic and difficulties in passenger transport, the railway industry is accelerating logistics services to reduce challenges for business.

The United States is home to ‘state-of-the-art’ integrated device manufacturers and fabless chip firms, but the global chip shortage during COVID-19 has revealed weaknesses in US chip manufacturing capacities at foundries.

In June 2021, the United States and the European Union announced the creation of a joint trade and technology council, an initiative that aims to put democracies at the forefront of writing the rules governing digital trade.

The COVID-19 "variable" has caused the beginning of the five-year socio-economic development plan for the 2021-2025 period to face difficulties.

One year after the EVFTA came into effect, bilateral trade and investment relations have seen positive results despite the obstacles caused by COVID-19.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia said that for the first time, a large batch of up to 22 tonnes of frozen Vietnamese dracontomelon was exported, distributed and marketed in Australia.

Vietnam has surpassed Bangladesh as the world’s second largest exporter of ready-made garments (RMG), Fashion United, an international B2B fashion platform, quoted the World Trade Statistical Review 2021 released by World Trade Organization (WTO).

Australia is planning to begin negotiations for the long-pending trade pact with India even as sticky issues concerning tariff reduction in agriculture goods remain.