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South Korea said yesterday it has reached a sweeping free trade agreement with Peru that will give its automakers and other exporters greater access to a potentially valuable market.Trade Minister Kim…

VNBusinessNews.com – Exporters have joined a chorus of complaints about increasingly difficult access to bank loans due to low credit ceilings and rising interest rates.Speaking a review meeting in HCMC on Thursday on the country’s export performance in the year to date, representatives of exporting companies and industry associations said they had found it extremely difficult to take out

VNBusinessNews.com – Vietnam has yet to reap the benefits of hosting a world-class trade fair. ‘Lifestyle Vietnam’ is a beginning, but bigger budgets and better infrastructure are needed, says the Handicraft Exporters Association.Vietcraft, the Vietnam Handicraft Exporters’ Association, is organizing its first ever international trade fair of handicrafts, fine arts, woodwork and gifts, ‘

VNBusinessNews.com – Vietnam ’s first-ever international fair of fine art and handicraft items, furniture and gifts will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 22 to 26.The fair, “LifeStyle Vietnam ”, is being jointly held by the Vietnam Handicraft Exporters Association (Vietcraft) and the Department of Trade Promotion under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.According to the organisers, the

VNBusinessNews.com – EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht is expected to arrive at Hanoi on Monday for a two-day visit as part of a trip promoting trade with emerging Asian markets, according to an EU statement released on Thursday.“Asia represents enormous growth potential for our exporters and I want to tap into new exporting and investment opportunities in this region,” the EU trade chief was

VNBusinessNews.com – The Washington Post reports that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will consider whether or not to list Vietnam’s Tra and Basa fish as catfish under the 2008 farm bill.

VNBusinessNews.com – Vietnam National Textile Garment Group (Vinatex), like many other exporters, is returning to the domestic market after shrinks in exports.Vinatex, the biggest entrepreneur of the Vietnamese textile and garment industry, is targeting the low-end consumer market to compete with Chinese garments flooding Vietnam’s price-sensitive market.”The major target of the textile and

VNBusinessNews.com – Vietnamese seafood products earned a gold medal at the American Masters of Taste competition held recently in Northern California.The winning products, distributed by QVD USA, included Basa Vina Pearl Fillets, Basa Vina Pearl Swai Loins, Basa Vina Pearl Swai and Vina Blue Barramundi Fillets, the Viet Nam Association Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said.The American

VNBusinessNews.com – The handicraft sector should participate in more international trade promotions if they want to increase exports, said a trade expert at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on January 12.Pham Hong Son from the Vietnam Handicraft Exporters’ Association said that local firms usually lack experience in decorating and arranging their stands at international fairs and they should