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True Italian Taste 2022's theme of “Authentic Italian Table - Italian Breakfast & Aperitivo” introduces an overview of Italian breakfast – its practice, special features and local staples of Tuscany region. (Photo courtesy of Multimedia JSC) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - True Italian Taste 2022, a project aiming to promote authentic Italian cuisine to the world, has kicked off in Vietnam. The project is promoted and financed by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to promote and safeguard authentic and quality Italian products. It is coordinated by Assocamerestero (Association of Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad) in collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (ICHAM), with the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Vietnam. The theme of this year’s project is “Authentic Italian Table - Italian Breakfast & Aperitivo” which introduces an overview of Italian breakfast – its practice, special features and local staples of the … [Read more...] about True Italian Taste 2022 promotes Italian cuisine in Vietnam

On Wednesday, a workshop on improving packaging technology and design to enhance business competitiveness and efficiency was held in the southern province of Dong Nai. — Photo vtv.vn The packaging industry will benefit from the growth of e-commerce, and the free trade agreements that Viet Nam has joined, said Nguyen Duc Trung, deputy director of the Enterprise Development Agency, at a training workshop in the southern province of Dong Nai last week. This workshop was focused on improving packaging technology and design to enhance business competitiveness and efficiency. The training session is an activity within the framework of the USAID Improving Private Sector Competitiveness (IPSC) project, funded by USAID. The Ministry of Planning and Investment's Enterprise Development Agency is the project owner. It is designed to equip businesses with the latest information and knowledge on packaging technology and design, thereby supporting businesses to develop appropriate packaging … [Read more...] about Packaging industry benefits from e-commerce

Even though recovery across the South-East Asian region has been uneven with the Delta variant, most countries’ GDP including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam have risen back up to pre-pandemic levels – with the exception of Thailand, which is still at 2 percent below pre-pandemic levels as its tourism industry struggled with travel and mobility restrictions. It was noted that Vietnam was not particularly affected by the Delta variant wave, and hence did not experience large lockdowns that impacted its economy as much as Malaysia and the Philippines did. Singapore, on the other hand, was able to take advantage of the increase in demand for consumer electronics globally to increase its GDP growth by 7.6 percent last year. Across the region, there is a marked lag in the recovery of the services sector in terms of accommodation, food and retail, but that is expected to increase with the reopening of borders and easing of travel restrictions. However, China’s … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s economy to grow more than 6.5 percent in 2022