MoIT issues requirements for consultants of SMEs

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) issued requirements for individuals and organisations who wish to join the network of consultants for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Việt Nam jumps 23 places in economic freedom index

Việt Nam jumped 23 places from last year to reach 58.8 points, ranking 105th place in the economic freedom index this year.

Việt Nam, Senegal look to sign extra deals to boost trade, investment

Việt Nam and Senegal will complete the necessary legal steps to ink a number of agreements to boost bilateral trade and investment.

Derivative aluminium, steel exporters urged to consider request for tax exemption Firms which exported derivative aluminium and steel to the US needed to work with their partners on requesting tax exemption in case their products satisfied conditions for exclusion, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam.

Vietnamese asparagus could enter Australian market this month Việt Nam could export asparagus to Australia this month, according to the Việt Nam Trade Office in Australia.

Logistics industry problems persist: conference The logistics industry in Việt Nam, especially HCM City, continues to faces challenges like red tape and traffic congestion near border gates despite progress made in facilitating trade, Đinh Ngọc Thắng, head of the city Department of Customs, told a conference on February 28.

Việt Nam's commodity market expected to lure more capital The development of a commodity exchange in Việt Nam is expected to provide an alternative for investors when they find difficulties investing in risky assets such as stock and real estate.

ASEAN-US special summit set for March 14: ambassadors Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Hà Kim Ngọc attended a meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Washington, the first held under Việt Nam’s chairmanship, on Monday (local time).

Recommendations for EVFTA, EVIPA given the go-ahead The EVFTA includes 17 chapters, two protocols and a number of accompanying memorandums of understandings on trade in goods and services, investment, trade remedies, competition, state-owned enterprises, government procurement and intellectual property.

EVFTA makes Viet Nam more attractive to EU investors: German media Foreign investors, especially those from the European Union (EU), will find it more appealing to invest in Việt Nam when the EU- Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect, according to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW).