Pangasius export turnover reached $918 million in the first six months of the year, a growth of five per cent over the same period last year.

PM Pham Minh Chinh receiving Korean PM Han Duck Soo who led a high-level delegation to Vietnam to attend the state funeral for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The China-South Asia (CSA) Expo and the 28th Kunming Import and Export Fair in Kunming city, Yunnan province of China has provided a good chance for Vietnamese firms to seek partners and promote exports to the 350 million-strong market of China’s Southwest region.

Vietnam attracted more than US$18 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the past seven months of the year, representing an increase of 10.9% against the same period from last year, according to details given by the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Peru concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement on Tuesday, according to the city’s finance chief.

Rice exports could bring in a record turnover of 5 billion USD this year if the pace of shipment is maintained like at present, according to Vu Tuan Anh, CEO of GLE company, a rice exporter.

On the afternoon of July 25, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the ministry leader Nguyen Hong Dien chaired a conference promoting the trade in coal with Laos.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hosted a reception on July 25 for his Singaporean counterpart Gan Kim Yong, who is in Hanoi to attend the funeral of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi held talks with Cuban Minister of Construction Rene Mesa Villafana in Hanoi on July 23, aiming to review the implementation of agreements on cooperation in construction in line with the minutes of the 41st meeting of the Vietnam-Cuba Intergovernmental Committee signed in Cuba on April 15 and exchange contents that need to be promoted in the coming time.

The implementation of FTAs always creates favorable conditions for businesses to expand and diversify markets, bringing Vietnamese seafood, including pangasius, to participate deeperly into the global production and supply chain.