Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will pay an official visit to Singapore and attend the 32nd ASEAN Summit from April 25-28 at the invitation of Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.
The Association of Southeast Asian finance ministers recently concluded their 22nd meeting in Singapore, as the 10-member ASEAN embarks on the second half of its journey toward its centennial. Having come this far to be the longest serving group in the developing world, it is timely to ask, how has it fared economically?
ASEAN, the European Union and the United States were the top three trade partners of China, which together accounted for 41.2 percent of the country’s total trade turnover in the first quarter of 2018, according to the Chinese General Administration of Customs (GAC).
The togetherness of Asean members is pivotal in achieving the goals to create a safer and more stable region, and to emerge as the most successful region, Malaysia’s Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said.
The 22nd ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting (AFMM-22) took place in Singapore on April 4. On the occasion, Jayant Menon, Lead Economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), wrote an article assessing ASEAN’s economic performance.
Many Vietnamese firms are set to participate in the 2018 Selangor International Business Summit (SIBS) in Malaysia to exchange information and seek business opportunities, a meeting heard in Ho Chi Minh City on April 16.
Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi on Tuesday co-chaired the third meeting of the Việt Nam – Indonesia Bilateral Co-operation Committee in Hà Nội.
The Philippines is expected to be the fastest growing economy in Southeast Asia and second fastest in the world over the next two years as it remains resilient to external shocks, according to the latest World Economic Outlook released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
