According to a General Department of Vietnam Customs report, Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 2.8 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2017, mainly contributed by the foreign-invested sector.

A conference on Vietnam’s performance across three pillars of the ASEAN Community took place in Hanoi on December 26, gathering 100 representatives from ministries and sectors involved in cooperative activities with the bloc.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged newly-accredited US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink to promote the exchange of high-level delegations and prompt the US Government to actively handle issues proposed by Vietnam to develop bilateral cooperative relations.

Vietnam always creates favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from Egypt, to operate in the country, Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Do Hoang Long said at an investment promotion workshop in Cairo on December 20.

Nguyen Thien Nhan, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party’s Committee, has called on US technological groups and companies to expand their investment and cooperation in the city.