Suspension Agreements prevent the imposition of countervailing duties on sugar from Mexico for the next five years

After nearly three months of persistent application of drastic measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam has achieved sufficient initial successes to move to a new anti-pandemic period

Trade between Vietnam and India would continue to grow strongly and sustainably after the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control, Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau said on April 28.

Việt Nam was getting ready to export lychee to Japan as this harvest season is approaching.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday (April 28) approved to resume the country's rice export to normal from May 1, Vietnam News Agency reported.

Hoàng Trọng Thủy, an agriculture expert, talks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs), on the important role of agriculture in national socio-economic development

Like many other countries across the world, Vietnam has been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, experts still forecast a positive prospect for the Vietnamese economy after the pandemic is stamped out.

For many economies, 5G innovation promises an opportunity to scale the economic ladder in a technological arena that will undergird the connectivity-based and data-driven Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). But for major powers, 5G innovation is an emerging battlefield for technological, economic and military domination. For all its economic promise, this next-generation technology has the potential to be a nightmare in the making for ASEAN — an organisation that lists choosing sides between major powers as one of its most prominent concerns.

The European Union has announced that it is mobilizing €350 million (US$ 378 million) to assist Southeast Asian countries in the battle against COVID-19.

Thailand loses duty free access for 42.2 billion baht in exports to the US market from today, 6 months after Washington warned it would pull back on trade privileges unless the kingdom committed to labour rights reforms. Once trade preferences for Thai products are removed they are subject to tax of between 4% and 5%, making them more expensive in the lucrative US market.