On March 7 the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No.686/QD-BCT with safeguards against the import of diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate fertilisers.

After a successful trading week with five consecutive rallying sessions, Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index finally hit the short-term peak of 1,130 points and is expected to maintain its upward trend and open next week’s session with a positive status, analysts said.

Many Singaporean firms are interested in investing in food, agriculture, and dining services in Việt Nam as they forecast that these sectors will thrive in the near future amidst broader ASEAN integration.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has targeted to earn US$2 billion from catfish exports this year, accounting for 31.5 per cent of the fishery industry’s total export value.

Cần Thơ City has called on companies to strengthen co-operation with farmers for exporting fruits, especially the city’s three key fruits of longan, star apple and mango.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has asked the government to handle the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that failed to disclose their business information in 2017.

The Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long plans to develop nine industrial clusters with a total area of 492.5 ha from now to 2020, and another five industrial clusters with a combined area of 165.49 ha during 2020-30.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc expressed his delights over the increasing role the Vietnamese Business Association in Australia (VBAA) in the host nation as well as its significant contributions to promoting bilateral economic ties 

The Vietnamese Government pledges to maintain the stable macro environment, continue improving the institutional quality and state government, and boosting the rule of law, for foreign businesses, especially those from Australia, to land investment and expand operation in Việt Nam, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.