Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the urgent need to develop a carbon market and carbon credit management mechanisms in his recently-issued directive.

Under the plan, the focus will also be on developing the petrol stations along new roads and in new urban areas with an appropriate roadmap to reduce the number of small-scale and inefficient stations.

According to CBRE, the surge in the next three years will be 3-9 per cent per year in the North and 3-7 per cent per year in the South.

As production grows, demand for the red metal will continue to rise in the future while limited supply is forecast to fall short of demand in the coming years.

The Republic of Korea (RoK), China and Japan agreed on May 3 to reinforce the regional financial safety net, along with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), by launching a new financing facility programme meant to extend greater support in case of a financial crisis.

There’s no shortage of demand for Canadian beef in South Korea, but the country’s import tariff regime is making it difficult for Canadian beef to compete with meat from the U.S. and Australia, according to the president of the Canadian Cattle Association.

At the end of November 2023, the Council of the European Union has validated the EU-New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA), celebrated has a cornerstone for the European trade policy by the European Commission.

Vietnamese leather and footwear exports during the opening four months of the year rose by 5.7% year on year to US$6.542 billion, according to statistics from the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO).

Malaysia and Japan have discussed bilateral trade cooperation, the agricultural sector, and Malaysia’s role as a halal hub that can be beneficial to Japan, said the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (MAFS).

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is expecting the ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and South Korea this year.