Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has signed on decision announcing the rice export quota for April after the Prime Minister gave the green light to resume exporting the product.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has launched a number of measures to tackle difficulties for the Vietnam – China trade, amid the complicated developments of COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has recently written an article on ASEAN cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, in which he described solidarity as the grouping’s strength in the combat.

The number of active COVID-19 patients in ASEAN passed 10,000 at the beginning of this week. As a collective, ASEAN represents nearly 650 million people, and with more people continuing to be infected with each passing day, the ASEAN, it’s people, economy and way of life are hit increasingly harder.

South Korea and Vietnam held a videoconference on Monday to share ideas on ways to expand their economic ties despite the strain caused by the pandemic on global business activities.

Facing the situation of slow customs clearance and large backlogs at the border gate in recent days, on April 1, 2020, the People's Committee of Lang Son province has reported and requested the Prime Minister to direct to remove difficulties for import and export activities and transport of goods through Lang Son province.

If the Covid-19 crisis prolongs, as many as 50 percent of Vietnamese businesses could go under, a VCCI survey has found.

Vietnamese wood processing firms have reduced production or suspended operations as most of the major importing countries for their products face hardships because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As authorities across the globe asked or mandated people to stay home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, they may have also triggered a plunge in global trade that hasn't been seen since the Great Depression, according to the World Trade Organization.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Wednesday approved Decree No 41/2020/NĐ-CP about the extension of deadlines for tax and land use fee payments to support businesses suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.