Thailand has kick-started efforts to forge a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), a regional trade bloc consisting of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
Indonesia and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have enhancing their business ties with investments worth thousands of billions of rupiah that will create thousands of jobs in the Southeast Asian nation.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, from September 4 to September 17, six enterprises appliedfor certification with a volume of approximately 4.3 thousand tonnes of fragrant rice exported to the EU. Rice exports including fragrant rice to the EU will continue to increase despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic from now until the end of the year.
Canada represents a potential market for Vietnamese wood and furniture firms to expand into and increase their market share, according to experts at an online trade exchange held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 30.
The European General Court has rejected the European Commission’s (EC) request to reject a complaint submitted by Cambodia and the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) regarding the EU’s reintroduction of tariffs on Indica rice exports from Cambodia, according to the Phnom Penh Post.
It is anticipated that Vietnam's fruit products will enjoy greater opportunities in relation to export and import turnover as both Vietnam and China have successfully brought the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic under control.
Thailand's economy could contract by as much as 10.4 percent this year as trade and tourism are severely dampened by COVID-19, with the ongoing drought and floods adding to the woes, said the World Bank (WB).
The gig economy refers to the hiring of independent contractors and short-term workers by businesses. Talents that make up the gig economy are usually called freelancers, gig-workers, independent contractors and free agents.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
