Following the recently signed ASEAN-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA) and the 2016 revised ASEAN–China Free Trade Area (ACFTA), Vietnamese enterprises have another great opportunity to increase their profitability in the Chinese market, achieving this potential also poses a major challenge.
On Dec 18, 1990, the UN adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. For the next decade, ASEAN civil society led the momentum for the observance of this date as an International Migrants Day. It is a day to bring to the forefront the human rights of migrants, to shed light on their contributions and make their voices heard.
A new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Hong Kong and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and a related Investment Agreement are set to create fresh opportunities for business collaboration between Hong Kong and Myanmar.
Officials, experts and entrepreneurs gathered at a workshop in Hanoi on December 15, discussing measures to help businesses capitalise on the ASEAN-China and ASEAN-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreements (FTA).
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecasts in its latest report that Asia’s economy will expand by 6 percent in 2017, driven by stronger-than-expected exports and domestic consumption.
One morning in Bangkok, I was queueing outside the Myanmar embassy and couldn't help but overhear the conversation between two migrant workers. Crouching closely and holding on to their Myanmar passports, they struggled to understand each other - until they started speaking in Thai.
Culture, connectivity and commerce will shape Indias relations with the ASEAN bloc, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
Southeast Asia’s Internet economy, spanning online travel to ride hailing, will reach $50 billion this year, putting it on a solid trajectory to grow fourfold by 2025, according to a joint research report by Google and Temasek Holdings Pte.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
