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Chinese trade fair kicks off in Hà Nội
The sixth Zhejiang export fair, one of the most prosperous provinces in China, kicked off in Hà Nội on August 3.Keep reading ...
Ministry to lift ban on livestock export
The government has signalled its latest measure to boost the country’s agriculture and husbandry industries by offering loans to farms and lifting the ban on livestock export, according to the Ministry of Planning and Finance. At a meeting with Vice President U Myint Swe and businessmen ...
Malaysia, Indonesia to take EU curbs on palm oil to WTO
Malaysia and Indonesia plan to raise the prospect of European Union curbs on the imports of palm oil with the World Trade Organisation, both countries said in a joint statement on Sunday.Keep reading ...
MoF maintains raw iron export tax
The price of refined iron ore is 200 times more expensive than the raw iron ore for exporting, therefore, reducing the export tax on raw iron ore is unreasonable and discouraging investments in ore sorting technology, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).Keep reading ...
Rice export target set at 5.7 million tonnes
The Việt Nam Food Association (VFA) has set the target for rice export at 5.7 million tonnes this year, up 800,000 tonnes from 2016, amid rising global demand.Keep reading ...
Southern rubber farmers grow impatient
Discontent among southern rubber farmers against the government has grown even as the government explained it has done its best to ease their woes stemming from plummeting rubber prices.Read more ...
Laos, China reaffirm links, consolidate connectivity as cooperation commission meets
Laos and China have pledged to further promote their cooperation in economic, trade and technical assistance matters, a meeting of representatives of the two sides heard in the capital yesterday. The bilateral trade volume in 2016 reached US$2.34 billion, including Lao goods exported to China ...
Shrimp exporters told to improve methods
If the shrimp industry does not change it will be unable to export and will also need to be rescued like its pork, dragon fruit and watermelon counterparts, a seminar on establishing a disease-free shrimp production chain for export heard in HCM City on July ...
Trade in pulses, sesame seeds slackens after bank accounts frozen
Mandalay businessmen said prices of pulses and sesame seeds declined after a Chinese bank decided to freeze dozens of Myanmar traders’ accounts last month, triggering a slowdown in the trade of the commodities.Read more ...
Cassava prices hit a new low
Cassava prices in Cambodia experienced a sharp drop this month leading to heavy losses for smallholder farmers unable to quickly switch to more profitable crops and recoup their mounting losses, a provincial agriculture official said yesterday.Faced with low prices of around 144 riel ($0.035) per ...
