The total export value of agro-forestry-fishery products in the first ten months of this year reached US$26.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6.3 per cent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Specifically, export value was $12.5 billion from of main farming products, up by 7.8 per cent; $5.7 billion from seafood […]
Read MoreViet Nam moved up nine notches in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 report. The country climbed to 82nd position from 91st position last year, in the list covering over 190 economies. Doing Business 2017 is the 14th in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. […]
Read MoreVietnam: VN-EU trade value increases 9.1% Tuesday, 16 August 2016 – Trade value between Vi?t Nam and the European Union (EU) in the first half of this year has gained a year-on-year growth of 9.05 per cent to US$21.2 billion. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s European Market Department, during the period, export […]
Read MoreVietnam: Government approves plan to reduce cash use Tuesday, 16 August 2016 – The Government has approved an e-commerce development plan for 2016-20 that targets 50 per cent of consumers switching from cash to other forms of payment. The target has been set after factoring in the rapid increase in online shopping and electronic banking. […]
Read MoreVietnam: Businesses hail 3% corporate tax cut Tuesday, 16 August 2016 – Entrepreneurs are hailing a national plan to reduce corporate income tax for small- and medium-sized enterprises from 20 per cent to 17 per cent starting next year. In a recent proposal submitted to the Government, the Ministry of Finance said businesses making less […]
Read MoreVietnam: Vietnam cuts 2016 rice export forecast to 4.75 mln tons: newspaper Monday, 15 August 2016 – Vietnam’s rice exports could fall 27 percent in 2016 from last year to 4.75 million tonnes, the lowest since 2008, due to less overseas demand and rising supplies from Thailand, a local newspaper said on Monday. It cited […]
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