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Vietnam posted a rise of 10.4 percent in the volume of exported cashew nuts in the first seven months but a reduction of 4 percent in value. It earned 1.72 billion USD from exporting 265,000 tonnes. The average export price in the first six months reached 6,641 USD per tonne, down 13.1 percent year-on-year. … [Read more...] about Export turnover of Vietnam’s main agricultural products down significantly

Don Lam, co-founder and CEO of investment fund VinaCapital, said the COVID-19 crisis exposed serious weaknesses in many supply chains around the world, and the WTO predicts that the pandemic to cause a 30 per cent fall in global FDI flows. The world has in fact been slowly de-globalising since the financial crisis of 2008, he said. … [Read more...] about Vietnam expects imminent new wave of foreign investment

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Economists have predicted the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic could leave Vietnam facing its lowest level of economic growth in 35 years. After 99 days without any new cases of community transmission, a local infection was confirmed in Da Nang on July 25 and the virus has since spread around the country and caused 15 fatalities, greatly impacting economic activities. According to many experts, the return of the virus will immediately eclipse the glimmer of hope for an early recovery for the tourism industry. Dinh Trong Thinh, a lecturer of the Academy of Finance, said: “If the pandemic is not well controlled this time, the economic impact will be very large due to the bigger scale.” Thinh added the local economy was under great pressure from weak demand for goods, products and services and it was facing the risk of interrupted production and service supply capacity. “The cost of fighting against the new wave of the … [Read more...] about Vietnam faces lowest growth in 35 years

Yusuke Adachi, the new technical director of the Vietnam Football Federation (left) is expected to train human resources for Vietnam's youth football Born in 1961, Adachi has developed into an elite coach at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and has led in an array of high-level coaching courses organised by the AFC. … [Read more...] about Football: New Japanese technical director quarantined upon arrival in Vietnam

“By merging Mead Johnson’s strong portfolio of children’s products and our wealth of insights on online shoppers’ behaviour and preferences, we co-created this campaign to better serve our users. The satisfaction of our users remains our top priority and this partnership builds on our continued effort in ensuring consumer demand for important and essentials items are met,” said Vu Thanh Quynh, Communications Manager at Shopee. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM’S BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES AUGUST 12