The Directorate of Fisheries (DoF) has proposed the government use the medium-term public investment budget for the 2016-20 period to upgrade fisheries ports to meet European Commision (EC) requirements for the supervision of fishing vessels, traceability and management of fisheries products.

The northern province of Bắc Giang has sold more than 207,000 tonnes of lychees this year, including more than 1,000 tonnes shipped abroad.

Vietnamese shares bounced back on Wednesday after two days of sharp falls sent stocks to attractive prices, thus triggering investors to bottom-fish.

 Addressing a Việt Nam-Brazil trade and investment forum with the participation of representatives of about 100 enterprises from both countries, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ highlighted the potential for bilateral cooperation.

Việt Nam’s rice export value to Malaysia reached nearly US$122.4 million in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 177 per cent, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The midterm Vietnam Business Forum 2018 between the Government and the business community began in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has stepped in to steady the dollar-đồng exchange rate by selling the greenback on Wednesday at 1 per cent lower than the previous day’s rate.

Việt Nam earned US$4.15 billion from exports of wood and wooden products in the first six months of this year, marking an increase of 8.4 per cent compared with the same period last year.

A wide range of intelligent machinery, equipment and solutions for the manufacturing value chain are on display at the International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools and Metalworking Exhibition that opened on July 3 in HCM City.