The UK has signed an historic trade agreement with Australia, our first from scratch since leaving the EU, setting new global standards in digital and services and creating new work and travel opportunities for Brits and Aussies.

The government has agreed a digital trade agreement with Singapore that it claims will “cut costs, slash red tape and pave the way for a new era” of deals between businesses in the two nations.

Vietnam’s economy should get back to GDP growth of 6.8 percent next year, which will be driven by a return of strong foreign direct investment (FDI) into the market, mainly focusing on the manufacturing sector, CEO of HSBC Vietnam Tim Evans has said.

Enterprises at a seminar in Hanoi on December 14 were informed about business opportunities in Germany offered by the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

In retrospect, the final month of 2001 was a pivot point in history. Five days before China joined the WTO on 11 December, the United States and its allies routed the Taliban in its last stronghold in Kandahar, ringing in the start of a twenty-year military adventure in the Middle East that cost the superpower blood, treasury and not a small amount of its reserves of goodwill in the international community.

Over 4,300 trucks carrying agricultural produce are stuck at the China border in Lang Son Province due to tightened Covid-19 safety measures on both sides and a labor shortage.

Vietnamese enterprises need to take advantage of the European Union-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) to increase trade value, according to the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

Vietnam’s economic conditions continued to improve, with both industrial production and retail sales registered a third month of growth, said World Bank (WB) in the December edition of its Vietnam Macro Monitoring.

Việt Nam's steel exports have increased in recent years. As a result, the sector has attracted attention from other countries and triggered a number of defence measures from some markets.

Vietnamese shrimp exports have taken a turn for the better as revenue reached around US$367 million in November, up 16 per cent compared to the same period last year.