Thailand and the Republic of Korea (RoK) held their first round of talks on an economic partnership agreement (EPA) on July 9-11, seeking to pave the way for a free trade deal between the two countries by late 2025.
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) revised Việt Nam’s economic growth forecast upward to 6.3 per cent for 2024 in its latest update released on Tuesday.
Indonesia recorded a trade surplus of US$2.39 billion in June, marking the 50th consecutive month of surplus, the country's Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Monday.
Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in Southeast Asia, with gross merchandise value (GMV) increasing 52.9 percent year-on-year, according to a report by Momentum Works.
Vietnamese President To Lam and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet have consented to accelerate the implementation of signed agreements such as the Memorandum of Understanding on development and connection of Vietnam - Cambodia border trade infrastructure, and the agreement on bilateral trade promotion for the 2025-2026 period.
Metfone, an affiliate of the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group, is a typical model for the economic cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia, President To Lam affirmed on July 13 when visiting the leading mobile operator in Cambodia as part of his state visit to the neighbouring country.
As Malaysia prepares to assume the chairmanship of ASEAN next year, it must now lay out its groundwork that could benefit the country for the next 20 years, leveraging key sectors including the semiconductor, electric vehicles and digitalisation, said a scholar.
The Southeast Asia Clean Energy Facility II (SEACEF II) has invested US$10 million in Nami Distributed Energy, which is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, to promote innovative distributed energy solutions.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
