Member countries of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation should give more attention to the development of the services sector to more precisely complement the emergence of the global digitization economy.
THE relationship between Germany and Singapore is focused on trade and innovation. This can be seen by the signing of a joint declaration on strengthening cybersecurity cooperation to deepen information exchange earlier this year.
According to Vietnam’s permanent mission to ASEAN, the implementation of the IAI Work Plan III since the beginning of 2017 has reeled in encouraging outcomes in terms of both quantity and quality.
Ministers and officials from the APEC member economies have convened in Hue City to advance women’s economic empowerment needed to secure workforces and growth as profound forces shift the Asia-Pacific landscape.
A working group representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the European Union (EU) would meet this month to explore the possibility of having a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two large economic blocs, a top official said.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations was formed in August 1967 by five disparate regional states—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. In the fifty years since, the regional bloc has come a long way. The grouping has expanded to 10, including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Brunei Darussalam. It is now home to more than 600 million people and has a combined gross domestic product of $2.7 trillion, making it the world’s sixth largest economy.
The Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, or PMI, decreased marginally in September, but signaled a further improvement in operating conditions across the region.
“Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world,” former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton once said.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
