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Vietnamese Trade Councilor in Algeria Hoang Duc Nhuan (middle) introduces the potential of import-export activities between Vietnam and Algeria and Senegal at the event (Photo: VNA)
Algiers (VNA) – More than 200 businesses from Algeria, Senegal and Vietnam operating
in various sectors joined an online trade exchange among the three countries on
April 5 and 6.
Addressing
the event, Vu Ba Phu, Director of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade)
under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said that in the context that
countries have still closed their borders to prevent the spread of the COVID-19
pandemic, the event is an important activity to foster connections among
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Vietnamese fruit and vegetable sector targets export revenue of $10 billion
The agricultural sector has determined to improve quality to meet import market standards and achieve the export target of US$10 billion by 2030.
Dang Phuc Nguyen, general secretary of the Viet Nam Vegetables Association, said that new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs) such as the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA); the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); or Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) were helping pave the way for Vietnamese businesses to increase fruit and vegetable export turnover this year.
SCG CEO
Hanoi (VNA) -
Siam Cement Group (SCG), one of Thailand s leading
industrial companies, has earmarked Vietnam as its top priority market in the coming years.
“I think, at this point, Vietnam. Maybe secondly would be
Indonesia,” SCG CEO Roongrote Rangsiyopash said in an interview with the Asia Nikkei Review
when asked about the group s priority markets.
Once a petrochemicals plant comes online in
southern Vietnam, the company anticipates revenue from Southeast Asia excluding
Thailand would rise to 35 percent of the total from the current 26 percent,
he said.
“We have several projects ongoing, some big ones like a
chemicals complex in north Vietnam. That one, fortunately, has had no impact
Illustrative photo (Source: congthuong.vn)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Though the prices of Vietnamese 5-percent
broken white rice fell 20 USD per tonne in a week, most local rice
exporters said the decline would make sales easier.
According to the
Vietnam Food Association, since March 29, the rice export
price has dropped sharply by 20 USD per tonne after reaching the highest price
in the past nine years.
Currently, the asking price of 5 percent broken white rice was at 498-502 USD
per tonne, the price of 25 percent broken white rice was 473-477 USD per tonne
and 100 percent broken white rice was at 428-432 USD per tonne.