NDO – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue chaired a working session of the National Steering Committee on National Single Window (NSW), ASEAN Single Window (ASW) and Trade Facilitation (Committee 1899) on February 19, reviewing the committee’s operation in 2018 and discussing the direction for the 2019 tasks.
NDO - Exports from the Czech Republic to Vietnam reached over US$140.7 million in 2018, an increase of 32.7% compared to 2017, according to the latest statistics released by the Czech Statistical Office.
NDO – The Vietnam’s national pavilion has attracted much attention from visitors to the ongoing Gulfood, the world's largest annual food and beverage expo, which opened on February 17 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
NDO – The fourth Vietnam - India Agricultural Summit was held from February 15-17 in Haryana state, India, contributing to promoting cooperation potential between the two countries.
NDO/VNA – A conference to launch a development plan for the tra fish sector was held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on February 18, attracting leaders of 10 regional cities and provinces that rely on tra fish farming.
NDO/VNA – Vietnam has now begun officially exporting its mangoes to the US market, after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave permission for the import of fresh mangoes from the Southeast Asian nation in 2017.
NDO - A number of credit institutions reported record profits in addition to stable liquidity and interest rates and low non-performing loans in 2018,which will be the basis for credit institutions to be more optimistic about their business prospects in 2019.
NDO - Vietnam has been granted a Category 1 rating by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), meaning that the country complies with international safety standards and its air carriers can now establish direct service to the US.
NDO –The Vietnamese aquatic sector set a target of raising its export revenue to US$10 billion in 2019, heard a conference on the aquatic export plan in 2019 held by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) in Ho Chi Minh City on February 16.
NDO – In 2019, the Ministry of Transport plans to start the construction of 16 traffic projects with a total investment of about VND26 trillion (US$1.1 billion)
NDO/VNA - Localities in the central region need to pay special attention to enhancing regional connectivity in their development policies, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested at a meeting of the Council for the Central Key Economic Region in Thua Thien-Hue province on February 15.
NDO - The final verdict on whether Grab’s acquisition of Uber violates Vietnam’s competition laws has yet to be decided, pending further investigation. But the impact of Grab’s monopoly on service quality has already been too obvious.
NDO/VNA – There is not enough ground to say that the Government of Vietnam intervenes in the domestic prices of the carbon steel welded pipe industry, according to the final determination by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
