VIETRADE - Total revenue from retail trade and services in November totalled more than VND302.9 trillion (US$13.5 billion), up 2% over the previous month and 10.4% over November 2015, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VIETRADE – Vietnamese firms should continue to update their technology and improve products’ quality and localization rate to take advantage of opportunities to export to the ASEAN market, especially after Vietnam had officially joined the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), senior officials suggested.

VIETRADE – Bilateral economic relations between Vietnam and India, especially in trade and investment, have developed rapidly over past years, experts have said. India was one of Vietnam's top 10 trading partners, with bilateral trade reaching US$5.1 billion in 2015 and US$2.9 billion in the past seven months of this year.

VIETRADE - Bilateral co-operation between Vietnam and Bulgaria had a room to further develop in the time to come, senior officals have said.

VIETRADE - In recent years, although Vietnam’s exports to the Middle Eastern – African market have been on a steady rise, Vietnamese businesses have yet been able to fully exploit the potential of business cooperation with this market region. Furthermore, Vietnam’s goods are still shown to be less competitive compared to the exports of the same type from China, India, Thailand, Malaysia, …

VIETRADE - A slight decrease in commercial transaction between Vietnam and Arab Saudi in the first half of the year. However, Arab Saudi stands as the potential export market for Vietnamese enterprises to carefully study and boost their exports to.