Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) has approved a plan of organising Vietnam International Tourism Fair (VITM), aiming to make it become an important annual international event.

European companies expressed their optimism regarding the business environment in Vietnam, according to the latest survey on the Business Climate Index (BCI) in the second quarter of 2018 conducted by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham).

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong promoted itself as a promising land for investment, trade and tourism at a conference held in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 4.

The Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) will launch a programme to rank Vietnamese tour guides, with financial assistance from the European --UNION-- (EU), the association announced on October 4.

The Vietnamese Government commits to building a more favourable and competitive investment environment towards international standards and in accordance with commitments to high standards the country has made in new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs), said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 4.

Viet Nam has received outpouring of foreign investment since it opened the economy to the world in 1986 but experience showed attraction of high-tech projects is becoming increasingly important for the country to build a resilient economy.

Earnings from fruit and vegetable exports in the first nine months of the year reached VND 3.1 billion, a year-on-year surge of 17.1%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Efficient restructuring of the agricultural sector has brought good results in production and business in the last few months, so the sector expects to gain stronger growth in production and business this year and beyond, said experts.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recently approved a project to organise the Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM), promoting it as an important international and national tourism event.

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