NDO – The export revenue of wood and forestry products is estimated to have reached US$8.97 billion in the first nine months of 2020, an increase of 12% over the same period last year, according to the Association of Vietnam Timber and Forest Product (Vifores). 

NDO – The Ministry of Industry and Trade held the Forum on Trade and Industrial Cooperation with American Partners in Hanoi on September 25 with the aim of boosting Vietnamese exports to the American region. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam and a number of member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreed to establish an informal working group on trade and gender during an online meeting at the level of ambassador and head of delegation in Bern, Switzerland, on September 23. 

NDO/VNA – Timothy Westbrook, an expert from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has completed his COVID-19 quarantine period and began his task at the HCM City-based Son Son irradiation centre. 

NDO – Xuan Cau Holdings and Soc Trang Energy JSC jointly commenced the construction of wind power plant No.7 in Vinh Hai commune, Vinh Chau town, Soc Trangprovince on September 25. 

NDO – Vietnam’s corporate bonds surged by 65.6% quarter-on-quarter to reach US$8 billion in the second quarter, despite the impacts of COVID-19, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). 

NDO – Chu Prong Gia Lai Wind Power Joint Stock Company and Chu Prong Gia Lai Wind Energy Joint Stock Company started the construction of two wind power plants in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on September 24. 

NDO – Policy makers, economists and business representatives gathered at a forum that opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 24, discussing Vietnam's socio-economic situation in the first nine months of this year. 

NDO/VNA – The Vietnam Trade Office in Malaysia and the Vietnam Malaysia Business Association (VMBIZ) on September 23 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on enhancing cooperation to boost trade and investment between the two countries’ businesses. 

NDO - Besides the stable political and macroeconomic situation, the abundant young labour force, and a golden population structure, Vietnam's investment environment has seen the appearance of many new factors, helping increase its attractiveness to foreign capital flows. These new factors include COVID-19 prevention efforts as recognised by the world, showing a better response to the global crisis than many other countries and the positive growth of the economy. 

NDO - Vietnam is currently home to 32,000 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with a total registered capital of US$378 billion from 136 countries and territories. As global FDI is projected to fall by 40% in 2020 due to the coronavirus, the fact that FDI to Vietnam fell by only 13.7% in the first eight months of the year is evidence of Vietnam’s appeal in the eyes of foreign investors. 

NDO – The online international trade promotion conference for Vietnamese food and agricultural products in 2020 opened in Hanoi on September 22, promising to promoting Vietnamese food and agricultural products’ export potentials. 

NDO – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will reopen its domestic flights to several safe destinations to meet thetravel demands of passengers and maintain its business operations amid the effective control of the COVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam is capable of generating 10 GW of electricity by offshore wind farms by 2030, suggested studies carried out by the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the World Bank (WB).