Along with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Vietnamese garment and textile sector also needs a Vietnam-Canada free trade agreement or another bilateral deal to penetrate more deeply into the North American market, according to experts.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung affirmed that it is necessary to comprehensively evaluate the system of policies and laws on investment encouragement to supplement and adjust new incentive and investment support mechanisms to ensure ensuring competitiveness and attractiveness of the investment environment.

Inspired by recovering goods export activities since the remaining months of 2023, the Vietnamese government will expand markets to boost shipments this year and beyond.

The agriculture sector and traders have expressed their high optimism about rice exports this year given high prices and stable markets, helping the grain remain a big foreign currency earner.

Despite lingering difficulties, businesses have recovered their confidence, the Private Economic Development Research Board (Board IV) under the Prime Minister’s Administrative Reform Advisory Council underlined in its latest report on business situation in 2023 and outlook for 2024.

China was the biggest buyer of Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery products in 2023, and it is expected to remain a promising market with numerous opportunities for Vietnamese farm produce to increase the market share and export value.

A series of large shipping companies such as Yang Ming Line, One, Evergreen Line, HMM, Maersk... have sent notices of freight rate increase for the change of itineraries on Asia - Europe routes, avoiding going through the Suez Canal and Red Sea area.

Information related to research and survey in the field of agriculture, especially production, and trade of agricultural machinery, was shared and discussed at an online seminar on mechanisation in agricultural production in Vietnam, on January 15.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, from January 16 to 18 at the invitation of Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab.

The real estate market difficulties in 2023 have hit cement businesses severely, leading them to consecutive negative growth. Thanks to positive moves from promoting public investment and expanding export markets, cement businesses expect to be "brighter" in 2024