Public-private partnerships, better use of technology, and improved value-chain linkages are needed to ensure the sustainable development of the coffee industry, experts said at a meeting yesterday in HCM City.

The expected free trade agreement next year between Việt Nam and the EU will go a long way toward fully tapping the trade potential that exists with Poland, experts said during a conference held in HCM City yesterday.

The Government of Việt Nam persistently pursues the policy of comprehensive integration, with a focus on international economic integration in a proactive, pragmatic and politic manner, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said at a forum held in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

For the last few days, the price of off-season durian in the Mekong (Cửu Long) Delta has declined sharply as traders have stopped purchasing the fruit to export to the Chinese market, according to reports in local newspapers.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index enjoyed a second-gaining session on Tuesday thanks to news of some large-cap companies’ dividend payout plans.

 If enterprises and nations do not see their own strengths and ultilise their competive advantges, they will find it difficult to develop sustainably and thrive in the future. Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc made the statement during the Việt Nam Business Forum (VBF) 2018 held in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Hà Nội’s People’s Committee has decided to supplement capital to lower and expand Âu Cơ Road along the Hồng (Red) River Dyke in Tây Hồ District to ease traffic congestion.

The central bank’s daily reference exchange rate of the US dollar against the Vietnamese đồng has been adjusted up slightly in recent sessions, pushing it to the highest level since early this year.

In the first 11 months of this year, total foreign direct investment (FDI) in new industrial and economic zones increased by US$8.3 billion, according to the Department for Economic Zones Management under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.