As nations recover from Covid-19, free trade should be an important factor in restoring prosperity around the world. Its benefits are clear and have enabled millions of people to escape poverty in recent decades. Free trade boosts access to higher-quality and lower-priced goods and consumer choice. It fosters economic growth, investment flows, competition and efficient use of resources.

An emerging trade irritant between Canada and the United States that had been quietly simmering for months has now bubbled into the open.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) signed an agreement in Hanoi on October 22 on the Swiss Government’s commitment of non-refundable aid worth CHF5 million for a project on improving Vietnam’s trade and export promotion policy.

The British government tried Saturday to speed up the pace of talks to resolve post-Brexit trade troubles with the European Union, saying the two sides remain far apart and time is running out to bridge the gap.

The goal of US$600 billion in foreign trade is likely to be realised by the end of the year because by October 15, the national import-export turnover had exceeded US$510 billion, according to Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

A working delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria led by Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Vinh paid a working trip to Constantine province, the third largest economic hub of the African country that has advantages in tourism, farming, breeding and pharmaceuticals.

Three Vietnamese seaports have been named among the top 50 of the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) launched by the World Bank and IHS Markit.

Vietnam is a favorable location for the convergence of supply chains. In the future, it will greatly facilitate businesses in restoring production.

The leading human resource recruitment service provider in Vietnam, the labor demand of enterprises was huge.

Despite a sharp fall in exports in August and September due to impacts of COVID-19, the wood sector still has chances to complete its export target for the whole year provided that it can quickly resume production, according to experts.