Vietnam’s e-commerce market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.3 percent from 9.4 billion USD last year to 17.3 billion USD in 2023, data analytics company GlobalData forecast.

While the Covid-19 pandemic has affected many export industries, the forestry industry still posted growth in both export value and volume with wood and wooden product exports in the first two months of this year hitting US$1.5 billion, an increase of 10.1 percent compared to the same period last year.

Washington state on Thursday moved to formally repeal an aerospace tax break that benefited U.S. planemaker Boeing and avert looming European Union tariffs on U.S. goods.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal is expected to be signed at the end of this year, ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi said on the sideline of the 26th Meeting of ASEAN Economic Ministers Retreat held in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang Wednesday.

Help is available for freelancers and gig economy workers who are left without income as a result of coronavirus in Singapore.

The European Union (EU) became the dialogue partner of ASEAN in 1977, making the EU one of the oldest partners of ASEAN.

As the outbreak worsens, experts are increasingly worried about an economic downturn.

The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), scheduled to become effective in July, will help improve Vietnam’s business and investment climate and boost its institutional reform, thus contributing to fostering its growth in a long term, according to an official.

According to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the acute respiratory disease caused by the Covid-19 has significantly affected agro-forestry-aquatic exports in the first two months of this year.

South Korea said Wednesday it failed to make any significant progress in its marathon overnight talks with Japan on ending their nine-month trade dispute.