Việt Nam and Brazil, boasting robust friendship and cooperation for years, are now leveraging the complementary strengths of their economies to elevate the bilateral relations to a new high.

The OCOP (One Commune, One Product) Export Products Fair will take place from August 1 to 3 this year at the Thăng Long Imperial Citadel Relic Site in Hà Nội’s Hòang Diệu Street.

The eighth edition of the event attracted 20 foreign companies and large-scale Vietnamese manufacturers operating in sectors such as electronics, home appliances, automotive, mechanical engineering, aerospace, and medical equipment.

VCCI proposed to abolish the gold import-export licence as gold import licences are only issued to gold production enterprises.

Shopee holds the largest market share, commanding 65 per cent of GMV (around $10.4 billion), followed by TikTok Shop at 28 per cent ($4.5 billion), Lazada at 6 per cent ($1 billion) and Tiki at 1 per cent (nearly $200 million).

Although non-tariff and technical trade barriers aim to protect health, the environment and consumers, if they lack transparency or are not consistent, they can become invisible barriers that increase costs, prolong customs clearance times and create risks for businesses.

In addition to institutional reform, the agency is also rolling out key solution groups to combat counterfeit goods, imitations, and intellectual property infringements in the digital environment.

Under IMO’s proposal, a carbon levy will feed into a Net-Zero fund – expected to reach US$40 billion by 2030 – to support green fuels and low-emission technologies.

At the close of trading on June 19, VIC shares stood at VNĐ89,400 (US$3.44) each.

HCM City signed an MoU with US tech firm AMD on June 12 to boost its high-tech and AI ecosystems.

One of the programme’s key targets is that by 2030, all government agencies and state-owned enterprises, 70 per cent of private businesses and over 50 per cent of the population will be using cloud computing services provided by domestic enterprises.

A key proposal in the draft is to allow eligible banks and enterprises to import raw gold and produce bullion — a function that, until now, has been exclusively assigned to a single entity.