Trade negotiating officials from 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries met in the Lao capital Vientiane this week to discuss facilitation for trade and investment within the ASEAN bloc.
A delegation of the ASEAN Committee in Madrid (ACM) led by Vietnamese Ambassador to Spain Ngo Tien Dung, who is also President of the ACM in 2019, visited the Spanish region of Basque from April 1-4.
A business matching aimed at supporting Vietnamese enterprises in exporting electrical products and machinery to the Philippines was held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in Hanoi on April 5.
Vietnamese Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung met with his Thai counterpart Apisak Tantivorawong on April 4, discussing priorities in finance issues in ASEAN in 2019 and 2020.
Vietnamese firms introduced their capacity for producing machinery and electrical products to Philippine partners during a business networking event in Hanoi on April 5.
The Asian Development Bank downgraded economic growth forecasts for India and Southeast Asia for 2019 as global risks from trade tensions to Brexit mount.
Philippine and Indonesian government officials agreed to enhance bilateral trade and investment during their recent meeting.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced plans to reform the nation’s economy on a large scale with a 17-point strategy to stimulate growth and save the private sector some $400 million per year in costs.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
