Sri Lanka and Thailand have come to a consensus on a free trade agreement (FTA) to trade goods as the first step towards a comprehensive FTA that will follow in the future, Sri Lanka’s Industry and Commerce Ministry in a statement said.
There is huge opportunity for Việt Nam and the US to further boost investment and trade ties in many sectors, a seminar heard in HCM City on Wednesday.
The withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) under President Donald Trump almost immediately after his inauguration has raised a number of national policy and reform issues for its other members, especially Vietnam.
At the ASEAN Summit in Manila last month, Philippine President and this year’s ASEAN Chair Rodrigo Duterte declared that ASEAN stands at the centre and future of the Asia Pacific region. The declaration reflects ASEAN’s working plan and motto for this year: ‘partnering for change, engaging the world’.
The chief of Southeast Asia's regional bloc on Monday pushed back against the emerging anti-globalization mood, stressing a commitment to continued economic integration and open trade.
According to the latest statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs, until the end of April 2017, the total import and export turnover between Vietnam and Japan reached about $US 10,124 billion. The turnover of Vietnam approximately reached $US 5,062 billion, and Japan was $ US 100 thousand higher.
The deals were signed at a 'historic' business conference attended by record number of Vietnamese and Japanese businesses.
Asian countries should not let mounting security threats and the rise of protectionism deter them from strengthening ties within and outside the region, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Monday.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
