Import/Export

A woman rides a motorcycle as she passes containers at a port in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam. Photo by Reuters/Kham. Vietnam’s foreign trade for the first time reached $517 billion this year, with trade surplus a record-high of $9.9 billion. Trade value grew 8 percent year-on-year, with exports upping …

Cai Mep, Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Vietnam – On 19th December 2019, CMIT (Cai Mep International Terminal), a joint venture between Vinalines, Saigon Port and APM Terminals, has joined the TradeLens digital platform, in support of the blockchain technology. CMIT is one of the largest terminals in Cai Mep …

Heavy machines buried after the collapse. Photo credit: Tan Vu/Tuoi Tre Heavy machines buried after the collapse. Photo credit: Tan Vu/Tuoi Tre At least two workers and 14 local residents are missing after a hydropower water tunnel collapsed in Quang Nam Province Tuesday. Huynh Khanh Toan, vice chairman of the …

A man stands in front of shipping containers at the Hanjin Shipping container terminal at Incheon New Port in Incheon, South Korea, September 7, 2016. A man stands in front of shipping containers at the Hanjin Shipping container terminal at Incheon New Port in Incheon, South Korea, September 7, 2016. …

An artist’s impression shows the Quang Tri 1 coal-fired power plant in Quang Tri province, Vietnam. Photo: EGAT International Thailand’s EGAT International Co started construction on Friday of a VND55 trillion (US$2.37 billion) coal-fired power plant in north-central Vietnam, Vietnamese state media reported. The 1,320-megawatt Quang Tri 1 plant is …

Seeing opportunities in Vietnam’s increasing demand for imported coal, Indonesian firm PT Intra Asia Indonesia is seeking the opportunity to build a coal port in southern Vietnam with a total investment capital sum of $1 billion. PT Intra Asia Indonesia to build $1-billion coal port in Vietnam, vietnam economy, business …

Viet Nam’s food and beverage exports to the US are growing and likely to do so for many years, but manufacturers need to be aware of that country’s requirements, an American expert told a seminar in HCM City yesterday. Seafood being processed at a factory run by the International Development …

Delegations from Vietnam and Japan have closed approximately US$22 billion worth of trade agreements and business deals after what Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called a historic conference in Tokyo on Monday. The event’s organizers had to provide an extra 100 seats when 1,600 people showed up at the …

Vietnam’s government has extended a visa waiver program benefiting citizens of five European countries, just before the existing policy expires at the end of this month. This is the second one-year extension Vietnam has given to the visa-free policy applicable to German, French, British, Italian, and Spanish visitors since its …

The investment and trade promotion agency of HCMC on July 21 inaugurated Saigon Export Center in District 1 for local enterprises to display their products for export and find potential importers. Pho Nam Phuong, director of the HCMC Investment and Trade Promotion Center (ITPC), said exhibitors at the center at …