Plywood exports face trade defence risks in US, S Korea

Việt Nam's plywood exports are growing despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic according to the Việt Nam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFORES).

HCM City promises support for workers laid off due to pandemic

The HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs would take whatever measures are needed in the second half of the year to safeguard workers’ incomes and jobs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Lê Minh Tấn, its director, has promised.

Customs watchdog to focus on origin frauds, illegal transhipment

Nguyễn Tiến Lộc, Director of the General Department of Customs’s Post-Clearance Inspection Department, made the statement at a conference about the fight against origin fraud on Monday in Hà Nội.

Fire burns wood workshop in Vũng Tàu City The fire caused damage worth tens of billions of đồng.

Desperate searches as dozens feared dead in Japan floods Rescue workers in Japan on Monday combed through the wreckage of houses shattered by deadly floods and landslides in a desperate search for survivors as the death toll rose and more torrential rain loomed.

Border guards overcome hardships to patrol day and night Soldiers of Buộc Mú border guard station, at Na Ngoi border commune, Kỳ Sơn District, are tasked with protecting the border day-and-night.

Artist reviews his 30-year career through exhibition

Graphic art created during the 30-year career of artist Trần Văn Quân is on display at his solo exhibition in HCM City.

Prehistoric fossils discovered in Gia Lai

Fossils of ammonites, a group of extinct marine mollusk animals, have recently been found in Krông Pa District in the central province of Gia Lai, revealed by Nguyễn Quang Tuệ, the head of the local Department of Cultural Heritage Management.

EVFTA a big opportunity for firms after COVID-19 shock: ministry The European Union Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will create significant opportunities for Vietnamese firms to recover and develop after the COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Quốc Khánh said at a conference on Monday in Hà Nội.

Vietnamese firms hear how to promote exports to Southeast Asia at seminar Vietnamese firms need to improve product quality and research market trends and consumer tastes in Southeast Asian countries and take part in trade promotion programmes there to promote exports.