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  Dubai / Gulf Time The Dubai Airport Free Zone (Dafz) concluded its participation in Gulfood 2022, the world’s largest F&B sourcing event, held at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). The free zone successfully highlighted the vibrant business environment and investment opportunities it offers to regional and global food companies. During the exhibition, Dafz organized a promotional event that brought ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 398,902 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. ...

  HANOI / WAM There remain huge opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises to accelerate exports of agricultural and food products to the United Arab Emirates thanks to its strong demand for these items, experts have said. As the regional trade and logistics centre, the UAE was considered one of the world’s largest re-export markets for goods, including farm produce, said the ...

  Dubai / WAM Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs, has visited Spain Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. He was welcomed by José Andrés Torres Mora, Commissioner General of the Pavilion, and Julieta Casanova, Commercial Attaché at the Embassy of Spain in the UAE. During his visit, Dr Al Falasi said that Expo 2020 ...

  DUBAI / WAM A new wave of business opportunities spanning the global food ecosystem will be unlocked at the ground-breaking Food For Future Summit and Global Agtech Expo later this month as the industry looks to address an impending agricultural shortfall that could fail to produce enough to feed the world’s anticipated 10 billion population by 2050. More than ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in a phone call with Annalena Baerbock, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, discussed the strategic relations between the two countries and joint cooperation in all fields. The two sides also tackled a number of issues of common concern and the latest ...

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has discussed with its Cuban counterpart enhancing joint work to develop commercial activity and areas of economic cooperation between them. The two sides also explored available investment opportunities while highlighting the importance of strengthening communication mechanisms to organise mutual visits of business owners, missions and trade delegations. This ...

  Dubai / WAM G42 Cloud, a subsidiary of G42, the leading UAE-based AI and cloud computing company, and the Office for Information Technologies and eGovernment of the Government of the Republic of Serbia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) as part of Expo 2020 Dubai. The new agreement will see both parties progress the joint development of artificial intelligence ...

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE’s food and beverage imports from Latin America (LatAm) reached $1.9 billion in 2020 as the Gulf country expanded its efforts to enhance food security, new analysis from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce has revealed. The findings, released on the sidelines of Gulfood 2022, will be discussed in further detail at the 4th Global Business ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai has imported eight million tons of food during 2021 and re-exported 6.277 million shipments through all its ports, a Dubai Municipality press release said on Thursday. Dubai also issued 78,812 food export health certificates, while the quantity of food exported last year amounted to 3.272 tons to 157 countries after verifying their safety and compliance with ...