In the first half of this year, the amount of sugar imported from Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Indonesia into Vietnam reached 399,189 tons, 10 times higher than 38.61 tons in the same period last year.
Singapore continues to value foreign contributions and will not change its approach to running the economy, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said yesterday.
Trade ministers from Singapore and China have agreed to further explore opportunities in digital trade and the green economy after a virtual meeting on August 20, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).
Vietnam's rice exports to the Philippines still won a lion share of 87% in the first half of this year.
As a member of the world’s largest trade deal, Cambodia’s post-pandemic economic reality is likely to be forged by the 15-nation deal that will encompass about 30 percent of global gross domestic product, according to experts.
Global direct foreign investment in the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) amounted to US$731 billion in 2016-2020. That was more than the direct investment in China (US$698.9 billion) over the same period.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Thursday stated that Turkey aims to develop its relations with member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita on August 17 announced a strategy to replace 35 percent of imported products in 2022 so as to bolster self-reliance and promote the domestic industrial sector.