The Vietnam Stock Exchange (VNX) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) on August 5 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on boosting their communication channels to promote their relations and serve the interests of the Vietnamese and Singaporean stock markets.

Vietnamese leading investors like Vingroup, TH Group, FPT, and Vinamilk have affirmed their intention to continue expanding their investments abroad in the coming time, given their effective business activities in the host countries.

By facilitating access to preferential financing for individuals and businesses to stimulate the development of social housing, the government aims to improve living conditions for citizens.

At the regular Government press conference for July and the first 7 months of the year held on the afternoon of August 5, Minister and Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son said that the socio-economic situation in the past 7 months continued to trend positively.

Many business associations and importers exporters highly appriciated effectiveness of Customs-Business Partnership Development Program, and gave comments and hoped to develop cooperation between the two sides.

Vietnam currently has only about 50 enterprises recognized as “high-tech agricultural enterprises”, less than 300 agricultural enterprises applying high technology. These are modest numbers in the context of Vietnamese agricultural products needing to increase value when entering the international market.

At the recent meeting with Vietnamese trade counselors and heads of Vietnamese trade offices in the European region organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in Italy, delegates and participants made proposals to expand export markets.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will research and analyze arguments in the US Department of Commerce's Vietnam Economic Assessment Report, to supplement, complete, and send a dossier to request the DOC to review market economy regulations. for Vietnam.

Vietnam requests the US to continue implementing its commitment to broad, strong and constructive coordination and to soon recognise the market economy status of Vietnam, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang has said.

In order to maintain smooth exports to the EU, Vietnamese businesses should prioritize compliance with EU food safety regulations, particularly by addressing the specific chemicals and microorganisms identified in recent warnings.