The growth of the number of new projects was much higher than that of investment capital, which demonstrated that small and medium-sized foreign investors continued to believe in the country's investment environment, the FIA has said.

Shrimp exporting companies have raised and recommended to the Government to resolve some existing issues that are making Vietnam's shrimp industry less competitive than other shrimp-farming countries such as India and Ecuador.

Guangdong Evergreen Group, one of the leading Chinese aquaculture companies, will export for the first time 2,000 pairs of the company's seed shrimps to Vietnam, the chairman of the company told the Global Times.

Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long spoke of cooperation opportunities between Birmingham and Vietnam, especially its big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, in the fields of education-training, health care and culture, during his recent meeting with the city’s Lord Mayor Maureen Cornish.

Strong rice export demand coupled with waning supplies have caused prices to surge in the market since the beginning of 2023.

Many Vietnamese businesses are interested in increasing trade with Mexico, a big and potential market of strong consumption power, according to experts.

China officially imported its first batch of purple sweet potato from Vietnam through Shuikou Port in Longzhou County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on April 24.

China has both the willingness and capability to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and has been studying the terms, costs and benefits of joining the pact, said Wang Shouwen, vice-minister of commerce.

Representatives of major business associations put forward solutions aimed at removing difficulties and increasing exports at a conference held on April 25 in Ho Chi Minh City, Cong Thuong (commerce) newspaper reported.

At the fifth meeting of the Working Party on the Accession of Timor-Leste on 20 April, WTO members welcomed the strong and sustained efforts by the Timorese authorities to conclude WTO accession by the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) to be held in February 2024.