The UK is formally launching accession negotiations with CPTPP nations, pivoting Britain towards some of the world’s biggest economies of the present and future.

The Asean Business Advisory Council has urged the government to ratify the RCEP and the CPTPP by year-end.

In the first half of 2021, Vietnam's total of investment capital abroad increased by more than three times compared to the same period last year.

Singapore and Vietnam have agreed to accelerate the setting up of joint working groups to develop bilateral agreements on digital economy.

Trade in goods between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) has seen positive growth since the beginning of 2021, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The GDP growth target of 6.5% in 2021 is becoming more and more challenging as the fourth wave of COVID-19 has spread to many localities with complicated developments.

Vietnam’s export industries posting a trade deficit over the opening five months of the year is not a worrying sign as most imported items are raw materials necessary for production, especially for the group of export goods, according to industry insiders.

Without a more effective business support package, the country's goal of 6.5 percent in gross domestic product (GDP) growth for this year will be hard to be achieved as the GDP growth in the first six months of 2021 is forecast to reach only 5.8 percent, according to experts.

Thailand and Asean counterparts are set to rev up discussions with Canada to establish a scope of negotiations for an Asean-Canada free trade agreement (FTA), with the aim to kick off negotiations later this year.

Vietnam raked in US$369.2 million from exporting timber and wooden products to the Republic of Korea (RoK) during the five months of the year, an increase of 7% against the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.