Since its entry into force on August 1, the European Union (EU) – Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has brought first successes, reflected by the strong growth of Việt Nam’s exports to the EU in recent months and opened significant opportunities for sustainable development in bilateral trade.

Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries pledged to provide a tariff quota of 10,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam next year under the Vietnam-EAEU Free Trade Agreement.

Vietnam’s total export revenue is forecast to reach US$267 billion in 2020, up 1% while import revenue isexpected to hit US$260 billion, up 2.6% over the previous year.

The recent signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) between Asia-Pacific nations marks an encouraging reversal to the rising trend of trade protectionism and deglobalisation.

The support policies for small and medium enterprises have been brought into full play, helping enterprises to overcome difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.However, despite a long period of implementation, many businesses still have difficulty accessing them and somedo not know the supporting policies yet.

Conclusion of RCEP makes Seoul membership in CPTPP more likely

Recently, localities have received many foreign investment (FDI) projects in the wood and forest product processing industry. However, along with them are outstanding worries about "underground" investment and "shadow" investment, putting Vietnamese wood at risk of trade defence investigations, especially against tax evasion.

Ever since the United Kingdom unexpectedly voted to leave the EU back in 2016, there has been an ongoing debate about what kind of relationship the U.K. and the EU should have in the future. As part of the then-28 member state bloc, the U.K. subscribed to the “four freedoms” of the EU

COVID–19 has been disrupting economic activities around the world, and Southeast Asia is no exception. The effects of this pandemic are unequal. The region’s 2020 GDP is estimated to shrink by 4.2% overall, but the services sector

Vietnam and the EU have experienced fruitful cooperation in various sectors over the course of the last three decades, Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said in a message on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two sides.