Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and the Canadian province of Nova Scotia have the potential and advantages to boost cooperation in areas, particularly hi-tech agriculture, and trade of aquaculture products.
Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang received Jeremy Harrison, Minister of Trade and Export Development at the Government of Saskatchewan province in Canada’s Prairie region, on December 15 to discuss cooperation promotion.
Towards the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Canada and Vietnam in 2023, many commercial activities of Canadian businesses are being launched and promoted in the Vietnamese market.
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)'s Branch in Ho Chi Minh City and Intrinsic Innovations Vietnam – a non-profit incubator based in Alberta, Canada – co-organized a workshop on Vietnam-Canada investment opportunities in the southern economic hub on December 2.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN Summits with Japan, the US and Canada in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on November 12.
With the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions eased, the granting of visas should be made more convenient and quick to boost cultural and people-to-people exchanges and enhance friendship between Vietnam and Canada, Ambassador to the country Pham Cao Phong told an event on October 3.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 22 met the President of the Comoros and the foreign ministers of Cuba and Canada on the sidelines of the High-Level Meetings of the UN General Assembly’s 77th session in New York.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has issued a final conclusion of the anti-dumping investigation on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) imported from India, Taiwan (China), Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) and its Canadian counterpart have agreed to support each other in humanitarian activities and look towards a long-term cooperation agreement in the time ahead.
Secretary of the Party Committee of HCMC Nguyen Van Nen hosted a reception for Mr. Behzad Babakhani, consul general of Canada in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12.
Canada may impose anti-dumping duties on certain concrete reinforcing bar imports from Vietnam and other six countries following a preliminary determination recently released by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
The Canadian Government has announced a humanitarian assistance package worth CAD700,000 (US$533,000) for residents hit by recent floods in the central region, according to the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam on November 12.
Vietnam has been the leading trading partner of Canada in the ASEAN region since 2015 and the agricultural foods and seafood accounting for most of bilateral trade.
According to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), in the past five years, trade turnover between Vietnam and Canada had doubled from US$1.95 billion in 2013 to $3.87 billion in 2018.
According to the latest news from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, up to now, it has received more than 400 dossiers from enterprises asking for preferential tax treatment when exporting to Canada after the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) took effect.
