Ireland wants to step up collaboration with Vietnam in the areas of education, agrifood and trade, Irish Ambassador to Vietnam Deirdre Ní Fhallúin told the Vietnam News Agency on the threshold of the State visit to the European nation by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam.
The impressive growth in the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) of many localities, with some witnessing increases of over 14%, has contributed to the country’s 6.42-percent GDP expansion in the first half of 2024, slightly lower than the 6.58-percent growth level in the same period of 2022.
The index of industrial production in the first 11 months of 2022 is estimated to increase by over 8% year-on-year, doubling the 4% of the same period last year.
After the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) took effect on December 31, 2020, both sides saw impressive growth in their two-way trade though exports faced formidable challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Demand for packaging paper was expected to grow 14-18 percent over the next five to ten years, according to the Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association (VPPA).
The Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) jumped 81 spots to rank 280th in the Brand Finance Banking 500 announced early this month which featured the most valuable and strongest banking brands in the world.
Vietnam’s tuna exports to Greece increased 104 percent year-on-year to reach nearly 1.8 million USD by the end of July 2019, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
The Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) has announced its results for the fourth quarter of last year and for the full financial year, achieving impressive growth and meeting ambitious targets.
Cement exports in the first seven months of the year registered impressive growth, with 17.65 million tonnes sold for 656.3 million USD, year-on-year increases of 63.2 percent in volume and 73.4 percent in value.
Indian fabric investors have shifted their attention from China to Vietnam, which is billed as an emerging denim fabric manufacturing centre, in their search for potential suppliers of denim fabric.
Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.08 percent in the first half of the year, marking the highest rate since 2010, fueled by robust expansion of the industrial and construction sector and service sector, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
With effective cooperation between farmers, businesses and State management agencies, Vietnam is likely to realise its goal of 10 billion USD in fruit-vegetables export turnover by 2020.
Vietnam’s export turnover of vegetables and fruits reached 283 million USD in June, bringing the figure in the first half of 2017 to 1.7 billion USD, up 45 percent from the same period last year.
Vietnam has seen rapid growth in vegetable and fruit exports in recent years, with turnover expected to hit 3 billion USD in 2017, up 25 percent year-on-year.
