Vietnam: COVID, trade, climate change to be high on new leadership’s agenda
Vietnam’s response to the pandemic is widely viewed as among the most effective in the world. Its ruling Communist Party is set to hold a congress that will select new leadership and shape policy for the next five years.
EIU report : Vietnam rises as an alternative to China, beating India
Vietnam’s incentives for international firms for setting up units to manufacture hi-tech products, pool of low-cost workers and proliferation of free trade agreements (the latest one is with the EU) place it at an enviable position among Asian peers, the…
Vietnam, UK sign free trade deal ahead of Brexit
Vietnam and the U.K. signed a bilateral free trade pact Tuesday to maintain their existing relationship once the Brexit transitional period ends on December 31.
Vietnam, UK conclude bilateral trade pact negotiations
Vietnam and the U.K. have concluded negotiations on a bilateral free trade pact that will maintain their existing relationship in the EU-Vietnam FTA.
Britain finalises free trade pact with Vietnam
Britain and Vietnam on Friday finalised a free trade agreement, the second deal London has reached in Southeast Asia in as many days while deadlock continues over post-Brexit European Union arrangements.
Vietnam – India : increasing trade and investment relations
The year 2020 marks the 42nd anniversary of India-Vietnam bilateral trade. Vietnam and India have shared strong bilateral relations historically, and for the past two decades, trade between the two countries has risen considerably. These economic ties have materialized into…
US launches currency manipulation inquiry against Vietnam
Probe could result in tariffs being imposed on imports from Asian country
US Treasury’s Vietnam problem
In a little noticed countervailing duty case involving Vietnamese tyres, the US Treasury may have set off tremors for the international monetary system, concluding for the first time that currency undervaluation potentially warrants a Commerce Department subsidy finding.
Vietnam unhappy with Facebook’s lack of support for tackling fake goods
Vietnam is having difficulty preventing commercial fraud on Facebook, and has blamed the social media giant for not providing support in blocking accounts.
Vietnam targets China manufacturers after EU trade green light
High hopes for textile and apparel exports as Hanoi gives pact unanimous backing
Why EU-Vietnam free-trade deal can’t topple China as world’s factory
Agreement to slash tariffs should boost European investment in Asia’s ‘export rock star’, but is no silver bullet for post-coronavirus recovery, experts say
Vietnam inks new free trade deal with European Union
Vietnam’s parliament unanimously approved a free-trade agreement with the European Union that will scrap almost all tariffs on goods traded between the bloc and the south-east Asian country.
Shoppers everywhere hoarding rice cost Vietnam its Stockpile
Vietnam has met just 4% of the reserves it needs for this year. Rice price surge mean traders lose money selling to government.
Vietnam and China discuss land border trade problems
Vietnam’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường had a working session with Chinese Ambassador to Việt Nam Xiong Bo in Hà Nội on Thursday to discuss facilitating the exchange of agricultural products between the two countries amid…
International finance : Vietnam’s diaspora returns with attitude
International finance has its share of gripping personal sagas: the Rothschilds’ role in shaping modern nations, the repeated rise and fall of Portugal’s Espirito Santo family and China’s Cultural Revolution survivors who now run some of the world’s biggest banks.
Vietnam ups tariffs to protect domestic producers
Vietnam is increasing the application of trade defence instruments to protect the legitimate rights of domestic producers as the country integrates rapidly into the global economy.
Europe notches new trade win as Vietnam pact clears final hurdle
The European Parliament approved a free-trade agreement with Vietnam after winning concessions from Hanoi that may show the way for ratification of a bigger commercial deal between Europe and South America.