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Vietnam grasps opportunities to expand agricultural export market Viet Nam's agricultural products are being exported to more than 180 countries and territories, particularly products moving from the mid-range market to the higher-end segment. This information was provided at an online trade connection programme with the participation of representatives and business communities of India and three countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), namely Viet Nam, Thailand and Cambodia on Monday. This formed part of a series of activities of a project to strengthen international integration of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of India and the GMS countries, towards promoting global value chains and trade between India and the GMS countries, which is financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Le Hoang Tai, Deputy Director of the Viet Nam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, emphasised that farm produce and food were key exports of Viet Nam. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS OCTOBER 13

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has received nearly two million jabs of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by Poland and South Korea as support for the Southeast Asian country’s fight against the pandemic. At a vaccine reception ceremony held in Hanoi on Friday, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen expressed his gratitude to the governments and peoples of Poland and South Korea for their aids to Vietnam. The donations include 1.1 million jabs from South Korea and 887,600 doses from Poland, which were delivered to Vietnam on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. “Vietnam is trying to access more vaccine supply sources for national vaccine coverage to achieve herd immunity as soon as possible. Therefore, the vaccine donations from Poland and South Korea are of great significance for Vietnam’s fight against the pandemic,” Tuyen said at the ceremony. Along with its first aid of 501,600 doses sent to Vietnam on August 21, Poland has so far donated a total of nearly 1.4 million … [Read more...] about Vietnam gets nearly 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by Poland, S. Korea

Trade surplus expected to soar sharply in the last months of the year The trade surplus is expected to soar sharply in the last months of the year The General Department of Customs has just released its report on Vietnam's imports and exports in the second half of September. Accordingly, the total import-export value reached $29.07 billion, up 17.9 per cent (equalling $4.42 billion) over the first half of the month. This outcome has boosted the total import-export turnover in the first nine months of 2021 to $483.82 billion (up 24.6 per cent on-year, equivalent to $95.39 billion). In the second half of September, trade surplus was $1.87 billion, contributing to reducing the trade deficit to $2.55 billion in the first nine months. Of this, total import-export turnover of the foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) was $335.85 billion, an increase of 28 per cent on-year (equalling $73.48 billion); total value of local firms was $147.97 billion, a rise of 17.4 per … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS OCTOBER 19

People get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Singapore. (Photo: AFP/VNA) Singapore (VNA) - Singapore will exempt quarantine requirements for passengers from eight other countries who have been fully vaccinated from October 19. The move is one of Singapore's efforts to gradually lift restrictive measures to live safely with the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 80 percent of its population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, in mid-September, Singapore officially resumed international travel for vaccinated passengers from Germany and Brunei under the “Vaccinated Travel Lane". From October 19, this programme will be expanded to eight more countries, including the UK, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the US. The travel corridor with the Republic of Korea is expected to begin on November 15. Under this policy, passengers will not be required to undergo isolation if they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and tested negative before departure … [Read more...] about Singapore expands travel corridor to eight more countries