(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has successfully exported fresh lychees to the Netherlands and frozen dracontomelon to Australia. Ministries, sectors, localities, and businesses are working closely to boost the export of Vietnamese farm produce.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect on August 1 last year. It’s the first high-standard, new-generation free trade deal the 27-member EU has signed with a developing country in the Asia-Pacific region.

(VOVWORLD) - Although the number of e-commerce transactions with the European Union is not high, Vietnam businesses have been successful in building their first cross-border e-commerce models in the market.

(VOVWORLD) - Thyssenkrupp, a German industrial conglomerate, has moved its Asia-Pacific cement headquarters from Singapore to Vietnam. Its office in Hanoi, with more than 80 staff members, is one of the largest engineering centers of Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (TIS). It draws experts fron Germany, Thailand, and Singapore. Lukas Schöneck, TIS Director in Vietnam, told VOV why the company made the decision to move here.

(VOVWORLD) - Despite COVID-19, Vietnam’s industrial production grew nearly 9% in the first 6 months of this year. To ensure production and trade until the end of the year, the sector has focused on safely coexisting with the pandemic by complying with Government regulations.

(VOVWORLD) - The application of digital platforms is inevitable against the Fourth Industrial Revolution because it creates new business opportunities, improves competitive advantages, and optimizes corporate governance. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, any businesses which can adapt to and catch technology trends will grow further.

(VOVWORLD) - Building brands for the Mekong Delta region’s specialties has been accelerated to raise the value of products, enforce intellectual property rights, and provide a legal foundation for fighting counterfeit and fake goods. This is to create a healthy competitive environment, and protect the interests of manufacturers and consumers.

(VOVWORLD) - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, many Vietnamese businesses have signed export orders from now till the end of this year.

(VOVWORLD) - In more than three decades of renovation and integration, Vietnam has signed 18 free trade agreements (FTAs). In the past 5 years, Vietnam has signed several new-generation FTAs, including the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), the UK-Vietnam FTA (UKVFTA), and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

(VOVWORLD) - Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, online trading and digital transformation have been strongly deployed, bringing in practical benefits for farmers, traders, and GDP growth. Besides taking advantage of changes in consumer habits to gain a bigger share of the e-commerce market, many Vietnamese businesses have collaborated to promote Vietnamese goods globally and forming an e-commerce ecosystem in Vietnam.