The potential for Vietnam and Algeria’s Boumerdes province to bolster their economic-trade cooperation was spotlighted at a workshop held in the Algerian locality on June 20.

There is ample room to promote trade between Vietnam and Russia’s Far East, head of the Vietnam Trade Office Branch in the Far East region Nguyen Hong Thanh said in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) ahead of the state visit to Vietnam by President Vladimir Putin.

Vietnam’s exports expanded about 13.8% year-on-year in the first half of this year, and imports rose 18.4%, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Planning and Finance Department said at a press conference in Hanoi on June 19.

An international exhibition on electronic components and smart manufacturing - Global Electronic Intelligent Manufacturing Show – Việt Nam (GEIMS Vietnam) will be held in Hà Nội from November 28-30.

The oil-gas and energy sector forms a key pillar in the Vietnam-Russia cooperation, the development of which receive significant attention from leaders of both sides, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha told visiting General Director of Russia’s Zarubezhneft JSC Sergey Ivanovich Kudryashov at their meeting in Hanoi on June 19.

Many seafood businesses have mentioned barriers that are affecting exports that need to be removed.

Exports by provinces and cities in the southeastern key economic region have grown strongly so far this year.

The signing ceremony of the MoU was held on the sidelines of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Việt Nam from June 19-20.

Vietnam sent more than 78,000 labourers to work abroad so far this year, with Japan receiving the largest number, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The World Bank (WB) recommended Viet Nam should continue supporting aggregate demand through capital expenditures.