The government expects a trade deficit next year as global conditions worsen, and wants to cap it at 3 percent of export turnover.

Long-standing concerns could be solved in the latest version of the draft Law on Public-Private Partnerships ahead of National ­Assembly discussions, which are expected to pave the way for domestic and international investors to get ­involved with projects in the future.

Intensive processing is the optimal solution to help Vietnamese coffee move toward a sustainable export amidst a decline in export turnover, experts have suggested.

Leaders of BRICS states comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have called for strengthening and reforming the multilateral system, including the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international organizations, and reiterated their commitment to shaping a more fair, just, equitable and representative multipolar international order.

Negotiations for a free trade agreement between Cambodia and China, the second-biggest economy in the world, will begin next month, the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh announced yesterday.

World Trade Organization adjudicators on Friday rejected most of India’s claims that the United States was not respecting an earlier WTO ruling related to anti-subsidy duties on Indian steel.

The US government is set to make yet another two-week extension to its license targeted at Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, allowing it to continue doing business with US companies for a short while, according to Reuters.

Vietnamese rice producers and exporters needed to focus on quality and supplying products that were in demand, rather than simply looking at quantity, according to the Agricultural Products Processing and Development Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Development.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh talks to Vietnam News Agency about ASEAN-Vietnam co-operation and the roles of Vietnam as ASEAN Chairman in 2020.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said Thursday that the timing is right for Taiwan and Japan to talk about the self-ruled island's bid to join a multinational trade agreement in which Japan plays a leading role.