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Vietnam attends international trade fair in South Africa

Vietnamese firms are displaying their products at the 24th South African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX), which opened on June 25, in Johannesburg city, South Africa.             Visitors at the Vietnam's booth at the event - Photo: VNA The businesses showcased their strengths in agriculture, household appliances and wooden furniture, among others, enticing local importers and visitors who were interested ...

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President Trump calls for balanced US seafood trade

US President Donald Trump has declared June 2017 to be National Ocean Month during a speech in which he promised to bolster global exports of his country’s seafood industry to rebalance trade. “The fisheries resources of the United States are among the most valuable in the world,” said President Trump. “Growing global demand for seafood presents tremendous opportunities for expansion of our seafood exports, ...

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Bình Dương promotes trade in Italy

The southern province of Binh Duong held a conference to promote local investment opportunities in Italy on Tuesday, aimed at securing future partnerships with the host country’s Campania region. A corner of Viet Nam - Singapore Industrial Park in Binh Duong Province Photo thesaigontimes.vn Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Cao Chinh Thien stressed this was the right time for business cooperation ...

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Seventeen items listed in US$1 bln export club in five months

Viet Nam gained US$79.3 billion from exporting in the first five months of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 17.4%, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Illustration photo Export items witnessing sharp increases included rubber up 60.8%, coal up 54.4%, crude oil up 34.8%, coffee up 31.9% and cashew up 24.7%. The exports of key agricultural products and mineral and ores saw rises ...

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Vietnam - US trade increased by 43.5 times

This is the noteworthy information on trade relations between Vietnam and the United States recently informed by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.   Vietnam - US trade increased by 43.5 times. According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, from 2000 to 2016, trade between Vietnam - US increased by 43.5 times, from the import-export turnover of $US 1.08 billion in 2000 to ...

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Vietnam, Bangladesh extend rice trade deal

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and Bangladeshi Minister of Food Advocate Md Quamrul Islam have signed a document extending the two countries’ memorandum of understanding (MoU) on rice trade that will allow Vietnam to sell up to 1 million tonnes of rice to Bangladesh each year. Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and Bangladeshi Minister of Food Advocate Md ...

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Australian ban on Vietnamese shrimp could drown exporters - trade official

Hanoi has called on the Australian government to reconsider the ban, which has hit thousands of farmers. Employees work at a local seafood factory in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang. Photo by Reuters Vietnamese shrimp exporters are facing losses and could go bankrupt following Australia's ban on imports of the crustacean, aimed at preventing white spot syndrome, a Vietnamese government official was ...

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The trade surplus of more than $US 370 million to Japan in early 2017

In early 2017, exports to Japan have increased slightly and imports from Japan have decreased, which has created a trade surplus for Vietnam.   The graph shows exports and imports between Vietnam and Japan from 2012 to 2016. Unit: $US billion (blue: exports and red: imports). According to statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs, by the end of January 2017, Vietnam exports ...

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Vietnam-Japan trade expected to surge in 2017

The Vietnam-Japan trade is expected to reach a new height in 2017 as the two countries have agreed on many measures to boost the trade exchange, it was agreed at a recent seminar on promoting trade with Japan held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). Vu Cuong, deputy head of East Asia division of the Asia Pacific Market Department under the MoIT, ...

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US trade ‘more important than ever’ to Vietnam

Perhaps no country more than Vietnam will feel the effects of the demise of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in terms of diminished foreign direct investment and trade, says the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee This results because the trade pact would have allowed for exporters operating within the borders of Vietnam to pay lower and in many cases no tariffs for shipping ...

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