Economy

Vietnam’s pepper export earnings surged by 40.8% year-on-year to 764.2 million USD in the first seven months of this year, despite a slight decline of 2.2% in export volume, according to the Vietnam Pepper and Spice Association.

Trade turnover between Vietnam and the Philippines may reach from 8.1-8.3 billion USD this year, up from 3.9-6.4% year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in the Philippines.

According to Department of Planning and Investment, in the first 7 months of 2024, Long An province disbursed 52.22% of the capital plan, ranking 3rd out of 63 provinces and cities and 6th out of 107 investors nationwide.

Vietnam’s fisheries export revenue in July grew 14% year-on-year to over 885 million USD, the highest recorded since the beginning of the year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Rice exporters of Vietnam and Thailand are competing to gain a larger market share in the Philippines, reported Nikkei Asia in an article published on August 2.

Loc Giang Industrial Park is oriented to attract clean industries, avoiding polluting the environment and using modern production lines.

In recent times, the Department of Agriculture of Long An province has always paid attention to, encouraged and issued many policies to support farmers in using quality sources of plant seeds and animal breeds.

Entrepreneurs of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have defined information technology and semiconductors as the most promising areas for future economic cooperation between the two countries.

The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has officially announced regulations for importing fresh pomelos from Vietnam on its website.

Recently,Long An province has focused on supporting people in raising swiftlets for nest to build brands and helped them to connect with export enterprises to bring bird's nest products out of the border.

Gold bar and coin demand in Vietnam in the second quarter of this year (Q2) jumped 30% year-on-year to 12 tonnes, the World Gold Council’s Q2 2024 Gold Demand Trends report has revealed.

With global market recovery and increased number of orders, Vietnam’s imports and exports in the first half of 2024 continued to reap positive results.