Product safety and compliance with export market requirements were discussed at an international conference in HCM City on Tuesday.

A wide range of farm produce, seafood, processed foods, beverages, tea and coffee, food ingredients, and food processing technologies and machinery are on display at the Việt Nam International Food Industry Exhibition that opened in HCM City yesterday (November 16).

Small- and medium-sized enterprises play a vital role in national development, Vietnamese and German politicians said in Hà Nội yesterday, during a dialogue between the Communist Party of Việt Nam and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Applying the Rules of Origin of Goods in Asean Trade In Goods Agreement (ATIGA) will help enterprises enjoy preferential tax rates and manage compliance costs that enterprises must bear under the form of documents and accounting cost.

With its high economic growth rate and a population of over 90 million, 60 per cent of whom are young consumers, Việt Nam has become an increasingly attractive destination for many international franchising and retail businesses.

A proposal to establish the Việt kiều (Overseas Vietnamese) Bank in Việt Nam has been raised at a meeting between Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Việt kiều experts last week.

Shares rose slightly on the two national stock exchanges yesterday as many large-cap stocks rebounded following the past losing streak on uncertainty of the newly-elected US president’s policies.

Việt Nam’s pharmaceutical sector has tremendous potential for growth, its numerous structural weaknesses notwithstanding, a seminar heard in HCM City on Monday.

The housing market will continue to develop, especially the mid-range apartment and townhouse segments, thanks to the improved quality of the country’s economic growth, experts told a conference in HCM City yesterday.