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President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception for Chinese Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan, during which he emphasised that Vietnam attaches importance to expanding and improving the effectiveness of economic, trade and investment cooperation with China.

The European Union (EU) will send a delegation to Vietnam in June to inspect the country’s food safety control system for seafood products exported to the EU.

Hanoi chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has said that local enterprises can refuse unnecessary inspections by authorities during a meeting with businesses on May 19.

African countries are looking to cooperate with Vietnamese enterprises, H.E. João Manuel Bernado, Ambassador of The Republic of Angola in Vietnam, told a press conference on May 19 to promote Africa Day on May 25.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) jointly hosted a conference on future trade and investment relations between Vietnam and the U.S.

Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on Vietnam’s long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings (IDR) to Positive from Stable and affirmed the ratings at "BB-."

It has been proposed that companies which produce and import alcohol and beer products should pay VND360 billion (USD16.36 million) annually for health services.

Ministers from 11 countries joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are scheduled to gather in Hanoi on May 21, with Japan pushing for the free trade pact to be put into force as soon as possible without the US.

Crocodile farmers in the southern region of Vietnam are suffering from heavy losses in the context of excessive supply but weak demand, resulting in a record low price.

Vietnam and the EU have concluded negotiations on a Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade, with an aim to promote trade in verified legal timber products from Vietnam to the EU and other markets.

Several experts have warned about a possible real estate bubble burst after claims that investors are deliberately holding onto land plots to boost prices in HCM City.

Danang authorities are tightening control over coastal projects and will revoke investment licenses on slow or stalled projects.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has vowed to support and ensure fair treatment to businesses from all sectors.

The APEC Senior Finance Officials’ Meeting (SFOM) will take place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 18-19 as part of three major events of the APEC 2017 Finance Ministers’ Process.

Foreign-invested enterprises, including Samsung Complex Vietnam (Samsung Vietnam) of the Republic of Korea, are important components of Vietnam’s economy, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Han Myoung-Sup, General Director of Samsung Vietnam at a meeting in Hanoi.

Vietnam is facing tough challenges to fulfil its economic growth target for this year amidst the country is experiencing trade deficit and depending on foreign direct investment sector, held Dr. Vu Thanh Tu Anh, Fulbright University’s Director of Research.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will have a meeting with the Vietnamese business community, including 1,500 representatives of the private sector, on May 17.

Bay Mau coconut grove, a popular tourism spot, in Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An Town has suffered through tourist development.

On May 15 and 16, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales awarded the first international financial reporting standards certificates in Vietnam to nearly 80 financial experts and university lecturers in Vietnam.