Vietnam’s export turnover from leather products and footwear is estimated to hit 21.5 billion USD in 2019, a year-on-year rise of 10 percent, said the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO).

The delegation of the European Union to the Philippines said the next round of negotiations for a free trade deal would take place “when the conditions are right,” without explaining why there had been no progress since the last round of talks two years ago

Opportunities provided by free trade agreements (FTAs) will only exist on paper if local authorities and enterprises do not take prompt and concrete actions to take advantage, experts said at a meeting on Wednesday in Ha Noi

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Việt Nam’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) launched the USAID Trade Facilitation Programme in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

Japan denied imposing a trade embargo on South Korea on Tuesday, after a complicated diplomatic dispute that could disrupt global supplies of chips and smartphones erupted over forced labor in World War Two and banned trade with North Korea

The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group is warning of “grave implications” for its members as it expressed concern at the “arbitrary adoption” of measures by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that negatively affect developing countries and go against the principles of facilitating development through trade

If Japan-imposed restrictions on exports of key tech materials to South Korea are extended in the long term, the curbs would benefit China while hurting both the Korean and Japanese economies, according to experts on Wednesday

In a blow to Bangladesh’s apparel exporters, the EU, the country’s largest export destination, has extended duty-free access to Vietnam, eliminating the competitive edge that the country held over its biggest rival in the trade.

Vietnam has always attached importance to, consolidated and strengthened the relations of traditional friendship and cooperation with Switzerland, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated on July 10

South Korea has denounced Japan's recent export control measure as politically driven economic retaliation against it at a key World Trade Organization (WTO) session, as it strives to drum up international support to reverse the move.