The initial results on creative innovation and startups have contributed to affirming the correct strategic orientations and appropriate measures by the Party and State. However, the most important resources to support organisations in innovation and startup are favourable legal corridors, mechanisms, preferential policies, and appropriate financial resources.

The European Chamber of Commerce Vietnam ( EuroCham) on April 8 released the Business Confidence Index (BCI) for the first quarter of 2024, saying that the index reached 52.8 points - the highest level since 2022.

The circular takes effect on June 1 and includes five chapters and 14 articles.

Experts gathered in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on April 9 to seek measures to help local coffee businesses to adapt to the EU Deforestation Regulations (EUDR) and promote exports to the EU market in particular and the world in general.

Vietnam's key export markets and industries are launching impressively in 2024.

Vietnam has so far drawn nearly 500 billion USD in registered FDI capital after nearly four decades of opening up its economy, with investment quality improvement considered a key task for a new breakthrough phase ahead, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper assessed in its recent article.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 8 for Sergey Ivanovich Kudryashov, General Director of Russia’s Zarubezhneft JSC, who is on a working visit to Vietnam to seek cooperation opportunities in oil and gas and energy.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Lao Minister of Industry and Commerce Malaithong Kommasith signed a new Vietnam-Laos trade agreement following their talks in Vientiane, Laos on April 8.

The steel market is "hot" with two conflicting opinions on the issue of initiating an anti-dumping investigation on hot-rolled coil (HRC) steel products imported from China to Vietnam. But clearly, all decisions need to be based on specific and objective data to create a healthy competitive environment.

Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said on Monday in France that China's anti-dumping investigation into brandy imported from the EU does not target any specific EU countries nor carry predefined findings, as China and the EU have strengthened communication recently to clear the clouds hanging over bilateral economic and trade cooperation.