NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered a temporarily halt of signing new rice-exporting contracts, the Government Office said in a latest document concerning this matter. 

NDO – The production, business and export activities of fisheries have been seriously affected due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, especially in the first two weeks of March. Up to now, the majority of businesses have seen a decrease of 35-50% in their orders. 

NDO – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to provide Vietnam with timely and flexible support for the government’s response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

NDO - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s recent move to cut a number of policy interest rates is considered by many economists to be a positive step in keeping with domestic macroeconomic developments and the global financial market situation as well as a prompt measure to help businesses overcome this difficult time. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a master plan on socio-economic development in Da Nang until 2020 with a vision to 2030 under which the central city will become one of the major socio-economic hubs in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. 

NDO/VNA – It is forecast that Vietnam will have great opportunities to export more types of products to Sweden when the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) takes effect. 

NDO/VNA – The US surpassed China to become the biggest importer of Vietnamese tra fish in February, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). 

NDO/VNA – The Ministry of Finance has issued a decision regulating the roadmap for the application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), replacing the current Vietnamese accounting standards (VAS). 

NDO - Recently, the COVID-19 epidemic has badly affected economic and trade cooperation activities between Vietnam and other countries, including cross-border import-export activities between several Vietnamese northern border provinces and China’s Guangxi and Yunnan. 

NDO – Vietnamese rice exports in 2020 are expected to be more prosperous thanks to a series of free trade agreements (FTAs) coming into force, after plummeting in both export volume and value in 2019. 

NDO/VNA – Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has spoken to Secretary of the Party Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China Lu Xinshe on the phone to discuss ways mitigating the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on bilateral economic and trade ties. 

NDO/VNA – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Xuan Cuong has ordered the farming sector to ensure stable supply for domestic consumption and prevent food price gouging. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam plans to develop an early warning system for trade defence by 2025, aiming to promote sustainable exports. 

NDO/VNA – Flower export of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has risen sharply since the beginning of this year, in contrast to the gloomy picture of coffee, cashew nuts and tea that are being hit by COVID-19.