Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn co-chaired the 19th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee on economic, science and technology cooperation via videoconference on December 19.
On January 1, 2022, RCEP will take effect and should serve as a key engine of trade and economic recovery for the entire region.
Vietnam is a model in Asia-Europe cooperation and can act as a bridge for the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to get closer to the ASEAN, according to Anton Viktorovich Bredikhin, political scientist and editor-in-chief of the Russian scientific journal Arkhont.
Speakers at a programme on Monday underscored the need for finalising the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Bangladesh and Malaysia.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 3.8 percent from 4.7 percent for 2021 and 5.9 percent from 6.1 percent next year.
China will reduce tariffs on a wide range of goods imported from nine countries starting January 1 in a major move to implement the landmark Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, which will promote the growth of regional trade and investment, according to the Ministry of Finance.
Bilateral trade volume between China and Cambodia rose 45.9 percent to $10.98 billion in the first 10 months of this year, hitting the target of $10 billion, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.
There is a tendency for media and public opinion to overly focus on the political security aspect of ASEAN. Indeed, the aspect is of high importance because without peace, a wide spectrum of cooperation and community building efforts cannot be done.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
