South Korea said Friday it has decided to give up its developing country status at the World Trade Organisation in a concession to the United States over reform of the global trade body.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday proposed settling the Brexit crisis through an early election on December 12 that could help Britain finally find a way out of the European Union.

Asia and Europe are important markets for Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports and imports, and flowers could be next.

Việt Nam could become the leading information technology innovation hub in Southeast Asia, experts told a conference in HCM City on October 24.

The country’s chief economist on Thursday said the plan by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to impose special safeguard duties or additional tariffs on rice—aimed at helping suffering palay farmers from the influx of imports—would never happen.

The 9th session of the Vietnam-RoK Joint Committee on cooperation in energy, industry and trade took place in Seoul on October 22, aiming to concretise potential between the two countries.

The European Union (EU) – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is set to have considerable impact on the future of the financial and telecom sectors of Vietnam, heard a workshop in Hanoi on October 23.

China is seeking $2.4 billion in retaliatory sanctions against the United States for failing to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling in a case that highlights White House complaints about the global trade body.

Vietnam’s business environment continues to improve according to the recently released 2019 Global Competitive Report produced by the World Economic Forum.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Industry Agency and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) on October 22 released the Vietnam Industry White Paper 2019.