(VOVWORLD) - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has decided to widen the trade band of USD/VND spot exchange rate from +/-3% to +/-5%, effective from yesterday.

(VOVWORLD) - The US Department of Agriculture has officially licensed the import of fresh pomelo from Vietnam after over five years of negotiations.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Party and State have always paid special attention to hunger eradication and poverty reduction work, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the program "The whole country joins hands for the poor" yesterday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam attaches great importance to its strategic partnership with Singapore and the two countries should further promote cooperation by increasing the exchange of visits and meetings at all levels and through all channels, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at a reception in Hanoi on Monday for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob, who is on a five-day state visit to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Assistant Minister for Trade and Assistant Minister for Manufacturing of Australia Senator Tim Ayres in Hanoi on Monday, who is in Vietnam to co-chair the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum 2022.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked Singapore to further open its market to Vietnamese products such as farm produce, seafood, apparel, and processed food and to help Vietnam further participate in the global supply chain.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam won 14 awards for different types of tea at the 2022 edition of the “Teas of the World” International Contest of the Paris-based Agency for the Valuation of Agricultural Products (AVPA).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has become one of the most successful economies in the world, Vietnam’s Honorary Consul to Belgium Baron De Grand Ry said in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

(VOVWORLD) - A delegation of enterprises from Styria, Austria’s second largest and fourth most populous state, arrived in Vietnam last weekend to learn more about business opportunities in Vietnam. The delegation is led by Regional Minister for Foreign Affairs Barbara Eibinger-Miedl.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has been named one of the top 20 places to visit at the beginning of the new year by UK travel magazine Wanderlust for its beautiful natural sights, festive atmosphere, and favorable weather.