Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that Beijing firmly supports the centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the regional cooperation architecture and supports ASEAN in playing a bigger role in regional and international affairs.
There is a really great potential for Vietnam and Malaysia to promote economic cooperation in the post-COVID-19 period, especially in trade and investment, according to an official from the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI).
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has launched the Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) upgrade negotiations to maximise the potential of intra-Asean trade and deepen economic integration.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement comes into force for Malaysia today, paving the way for the country to integrate into the world’s largest free trade agreement (FTA) that involves 15 countries, with a total population of more than 2.2 billion.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement could provide a “vital impetus” to drive the Cambodian economy to exit Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2028, according to the commerce minister on March 14.
Brunei Darussalam and Indonesia recorded an increase of 360 per cent (US$374.2 million) in bilateral trade volume in 2021.
Malaysia is set for another commendable trade journey this year, although the value is not expected to be as high as the record-breaking RM2.2 trillion last year, economists said.
Over the past decade, Thailand has made extraordinary progress in its transformation towards the digital economy. A number of indicators of digital infrastructure and accessibility have shown some improvement for large segments of the population.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
