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Ho Chi Minh City hosts Belarusian-Vietnamese business forum
Deputy Director of Belarus’ National Center for Marketing Evgeny Rusak made an extended presentation of the economic potential of Belarus with a focus on promising areas of business cooperation between the countries, particularly in the field of agricultural machinery and food, pharmaceuticals, and woodworking...

High-level working group hailed as effective tool to remove obstacles in CIS market
Belarus’ Deputy Economy Minister Alesya Abramenko said during the 103rd session of the CIS Economic Council in Moscow...

Natural Resources Ministry enthusiastic about potential mining operations in Belarus
“Slightly more than 20 of them are mined. The ones everyone knows about are mineral salt and potash salt, mineral resources used for generic construction purposes such as sand, clay, dolomites, and oil. At the same time we see a very large potential in the mineral resources that have been explored but are not getting extracted,” the deputy minister said...

China to provide 300 million yuan to Belarus for development projects
The document reads that the Chinese government will allocate technical and financial assistance in the amount of 300 million yuan for the following projects: “Introduction of information and communication technologies”, “Construction of the second residential rental complex on the premises of the China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone” and other projects in the field of development and assistance...

Gomselmash set to ship batch of machinery to Zimbabwe in 2024
The governor also mentioned the growing interest of friendly Tajikistan in the products...

BelNPP stand on display at 68th IAEA General Conference
The stand of the Belarusian nuclear power plant BelNPP was presented at the IAEA headquarters as part of the 68th IAEA General Conference...

Mogilev to host International Conference of Free Economic Zones
It will focus on the development of large industrial hubs based on the principles of environmental neutrality...

Belarusian commodity exchange welcomes six new companies from Russia’s Perm
In total, 20 companies from Russia’s Perm Territory have been registered at BUCE, but we would like to see more, Aleksandr Kulik said...

FEZ Minsk participates in 4th SCO Heads of Regions Forum
The forum was aimed at deepening interregional cooperation between SCO member states in trade, economy, investment, science, technology, culture, humanitarian and other priority areas. Nowadays, the SCO unites ten countries with a total population of over 3.5 billion...

Belarus’ Grodno Oblast to develop cooperation with Russia’s Kurgan Oblast
Grodno Oblast Vice Governor Vitaly Nevera told the media following a meeting with a delegation from the Russian region...

Belarus-Russia Osvey aircraft project described as cost-effective
"It will be multipurpose and will be able to be used by medical services, emergency services, patrols, airdrops, and paratrooper drops. Thus, it will be a multipurpose aircraft with a quickly transformable cabin,” Dmitry Pantus said...

Belarus featured at Leisure 2024 travel fair in Moscow
The Belarusian exposition has been put together by the National Tourism Agency. Among the participants are the sport and tourism departments of the regional adminsitrations of Minsk, Brest, Vitebsk, Grodno and Mogilev, tour operators of Belarus...

Belarusian Ambassador visits Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Rusisa’s Dubna
The Ambassador looked around the JINR large scientific infrastructure facilities, in the development of which Belarusian specialists took part...

Belarus’ GDP up by 4.9% in January-August 2024
According to estimates, in January-August 2024 the GDP amounted to Br158.4 billion in current prices, up by 4.9% in comparable prices year-on-year...

Belarusian commodity exchange to develop trade with Russia’s Kurgan Oblast
Compared to January-August 2023, the amount of exchange transactions of Kurgan Oblast enterprises increased almost 3.5 times, mainly thanks to regular supplies of steel structures for the Belarusian construction industry...

Belarus' retail sales up 12% in January-August 2024
One-day retail sale volume per capita came at Br25.7 as against Br22.2 in the same period a year prior...

Belarus' customs applies new approaches in wake of difficulties on EU border
Only five out of 26 border checkpoints are functioning currently on the Belarusian border: two checkpoints on the Polish border, two on Lithuanian border and one on the Latvian border...

Belarus, Vietnam's Dong Nai eager to advance cooperation
The Belarusian diplomat emphasized the readiness of Belarusian companies to participate in the province’s infrastructure projects, including the expansion of the highway network and the construction of Vietnam's largest airport Long Thanh with an annual passenger traffic of up to 100 million people and transshipment of up to 5 million tonnes of cargo...

Belarus, Moscow aim at creating new business opportunities
The Moscow delegation arrived in Minsk on a business visit to attend the International Economic Cooperation Forum, timed to coincide with Minsk City Day...

Belarus' gross external debt down by $135 million in H1
In relation to GDP, the external debt decreased from 51.3% as of 1 January 2024 to 50.5% as of 1 July 2024...