The Republic of Korea (RoK) is leading other foreign investors in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau as of mid-March with 21 out of 35 FDI projects licensed in the locality in 2018.

More investment in processing and post-harvest preservation is needed to create added value for the export of fruit and vegetable products, experts said at a forum on the fruit and vegetable industry in HCM City on March 13.

With their high demand for agricultural products, the Republic of Korea and Japan offer opportunities for Vietnam to boost export of farm produce, especially fruits and vegetables, Do Quoc Hung, Deputy Director General of the Asia-Africa Market Department, has said.

Automobile sales in February declined 61 percent from the previous month, the sharpest month-on-month fall ever.

A meeting was held in Moscow on March 13 to enhance ties between small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of Vietnam and Russia.

A Vietnam – South Africa business dialogue took place in Cape Town, South Africa on March 13, part of the fourth Vietnam – South Africa inter-governmental partnership forum.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap have taken measures to bring farmers closer to smart agriculture at a time when they are struggling to find buyers for their produce.

A joint venture between the Hanoi Export-Import Company (Geleximco) and International Transportation and Trading Joint Stock Company (ITC) has proposed building a logistics centre and Cai Mep Ha habour in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

Business and tourism potential in Nepal was introduced to Vietnamese enterprises at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on March 13.

Vietnam and Singapore will expand cooperation in innovation and technology – a new area in the bilateral economic partnership that was recommended at the 14th ministerial meeting on economic connectivity between the two countries.

Vietnam looks to enhance the values of its agricultural products in order to ensure sustainable exports via official channels amid the process of international integration. ​

Orders for furniture exports have risen strongly so far this year as demand has risen, according to Huynh Quang Thanh, Chairman and CEO of Binh Duong-based Hiep Long Fine Furniture Company.

The Vietnamese dong would be steady next months, buoyed by positive foreign inflow and reasonable gap between interest rates of the dong and the US dollar as well as the stability of the Chinese yuan, experts said.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on March 13 decided to nullify the granted licences and not to grant new ones for flights using the Boeing 737 Max to enter Vietnam’s airspace.

Vietjet Air offers 670,000 super saving tickets priced only from zero VNDF on three golden days from March 13 - 15, 2019 to celebrate its new routes to Tokyo and Busan.

Wyndham Hotel & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchising company, has officially launched its Wyndham Garden Hanoi in the capital city.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate on March 13 at 22,947 VND per USD, down 2 VND from the previous day (March 12).

The size of Vietnam’s online business market grew by over 30 percent to about 7.8 billion USD in 2018, compared to only 4 billion USD in 2015, according to an official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Auditor General Doan Xuan Tien attended the third joint conference between the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) and the European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI) held in Jerusalem, Israel on March 11.

The Master Agreement for Repo Transactions was introduced at the annual meeting of the Vietnam Bond Market Association (VBMA) held in Hanoi on March 12, with 17 members of the association signing an MoU on the use of the master agreement.