ASEAN is now more integrated than ever but further progress can be made through continued efforts to reduce trade and investment barriers which can spur investment flows
The success of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2017 in the central coastal city of Da Nang from November 6-11 has brought Vietnam to the centre of the world’s attention, according to President Tran Dai Quang.
On November 12, Hong Kong and ASEAN signed the ASEAN-Hong Kong, China Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA), and the ASEAN-Hong Kong Investment Agreement (AHKIA). Prior to this, on November 10, Hong Kong and India agreed to a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with India.
Major countries, which are member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), have become key markets for Vietnam’s garment and textile products, and are forecast to making up between 74%-75% of the country’s total apparel export turnover in the near future.
Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and 2018 chair of ASEAN, tells journalists that to understand the bloc’s history and challenges, it is important to examine the external environment and strategic forces that have shaped it over the last 50 years.
Innovation is likely to be a major theme not only for Singapore’s economic transformation, but also for the country’s cooperation with China and the broader region, said Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on Sunday (Nov 26).
Around 20 government agencies are expected to go online under the Asean Single Window platform in the first half of 2018 to improve the business climate in the country, the Department of Finance said Thursday.
In the Ramayana epic so popular as a dance form across South-east Asia, the god-king Rama's staunchest ally in battle is Hanuman, a creature of extraordinary strength and heroic initiative.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
