Two-way trade between Việt Nam and the European Union (EU) grew 16.2 per cent year-on-year in the first five months of 2017, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Vietnam Economic News’ Nhat Quang recorded the opinions of APEC senior officials on the sidelines of their second meeting (SOM 2) in Hanoi last month. Most of them believe the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will open up big opportunities not only for the Vietnamese economy but also for businesses to integrate into the regional and global economies.
During the official trip to Japan, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc the encounter Shinzo Abe agreed to continue with Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Sri Lanka and Thailand have come to a consensus on a free trade agreement (FTA) to trade goods as the first step towards a comprehensive FTA that will follow in the future, Sri Lanka’s Industry and Commerce Ministry in a statement said.
There is huge opportunity for Việt Nam and the US to further boost investment and trade ties in many sectors, a seminar heard in HCM City on Wednesday.
The withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) under President Donald Trump almost immediately after his inauguration has raised a number of national policy and reform issues for its other members, especially Vietnam.
At the ASEAN Summit in Manila last month, Philippine President and this year’s ASEAN Chair Rodrigo Duterte declared that ASEAN stands at the centre and future of the Asia Pacific region. The declaration reflects ASEAN’s working plan and motto for this year: ‘partnering for change, engaging the world’.
The chief of Southeast Asia's regional bloc on Monday pushed back against the emerging anti-globalization mood, stressing a commitment to continued economic integration and open trade.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
