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The event connects 14 service providers in the cross-border e-commerce industry to bring together solutions to support Vietnamese businesses to promote exports via e-commerce. — VNS Photo Viet Nam could see its e-commerce export revenues rise to VND296.3 trillion (US$12.5 billion) by 2027, heard the 2023 Cross-Border E-Commerce Conference in Viet Nam in Ha Noi on Wednesday. Amazon Global Selling and Viet Nam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA), Ministry of Industry and Trade kicked off their Cross-Border E-Commerce (CBEC) Conference in Viet Nam in response to growing demand from Vietnamese businesses and to empower them to capture the rising CBEC opportunity. With the theme “Embrace Asian Experience, Vietnamese Brands Go Global”, held in Ha Noi on Wednesday and HCM City on Friday, the event will include a CBEC conference to share the most updated insights and information about the e-commerce export industry, a connecting day for 14 services providers in many services … [Read more...] about Supporting businesses to promote online exports

Pre-processing line of lychees at Global Export and Import Foodstuff Co in Bac Giang Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Danh Lam The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) is working with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to negotiate with the US on setting up an irradiation centre in the northern region to facilitate exports of fruit. During the National Assembly's question-and-answer session on Wednesday, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat responded to an inquiry from a legislator from the northern province of Bac Giang, known for its lychee farming, about the measures for irradiating lychee and other fruits in the northern region to meet the technical requirements of importing countries. Some markets, including the US, require irradiation for the export of agricultural produce. Minister Dat explained that previously, lychee from Bac Giang had to be sent to HCM City or Long An Province in the South for irradiation, which incurred high … [Read more...] about Viet Nam explores northern irradiation centre to boost fruit exports

Pre-processing line of lychees at Global Export and Import Foodstuff Co in Bac Giang Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Danh Lam The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) is working with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to negotiate with the US on setting up an irradiation centre in the northern region to facilitate exports of fruit. During the National Assembly's question-and-answer session on Wednesday, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat responded to an inquiry from a legislator from the northern province of Bac Giang, known for its lychee farming, about the measures for irradiating lychee and other fruits in the northern region to meet the technical requirements of importing countries. Some markets, including the US, require irradiation for the export of agricultural produce. Minister Dat explained that previously, lychee from Bac Giang had to be sent to HCM City or Long An Province in the South for irradiation, which incurred high … [Read more...] about Viet Nam explores northern irradiation centre to boost fruit exports

Illustrative image (Courtesy of AFD in Vietnam) The European Union (EU) and France, through the French Development Agency (AFD), recently offered 20 million EUR (23.6 million USD) in aid to Vietnam to help improve resilience, water and natural resources management . On May 11, Ambassador of the EU to Vietnam Giorgio Aliberti and AFD Director in Vietnam Fabrice Richy signed an agreement to enhance cooperation to improve resilience to climate change and natural disasters in Vietnam, moving towards a “green future”. Under the agreement, the EU will provide a non-refundable aid of 20 million EUR for AFD. Via coordination with central and local authorities, AFD will call on the Water and Natural Resources Management (WARM) Facility to prepare and launch projects co-financed by AFD’s loans and Vietnam’s resources during the 2011-2029 period with total estimated capital of 200 million EUR. As planned, the WARM will back the preparation and implementation of more … [Read more...] about EU and France help Vietnam towards a green future