Việt Nam News

With borders closed and travel restricted since early 2020, cross-border e-commerce has proved itself as a game changer, setting the scene for Vietnamese traders to climb up the global supply chain and reducing risk of disruption caused by an unprecedented crisis like COVID-19.

The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) is committed to promoting the sector’s sustainable development with the aim of raising the living standards of its employees under the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was raising responsive measures to promote the distribution of agricultural products amid the fourth outbreak of COVID-19 in Việt Nam as well as establishing a resilent agriculture.

Despite a rise in export revenue in the first four months of this year, experts suggested that businesses should not be too optimistic as the COVID-19 pandemic has undergone complicated developments both in and outside the country.

Việt Nam’s stock market opened new week on a positive note as strong demands on some pillar stocks pushed sentiment. 

VinGroup is to halt the production of TVs and smartphones to focus on the development of its Internet-of-things and Infotainment for VinFast cars, according to a press release by the country's largest conglomerate yesterday. 

As of April 20, Việt Nam had 1,417 valid overseas projects totaling $21.8 billion, mainly in the sectors of mining (36 per cent of total capital) and agro-forestry-fisheries. 

Fruit and vegetable exporters should improve their processing technologies, especially in the post-harvest and packaging stages, to preserve their products longer and enhance their value, experts said.