Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung highlighted the crucial role of energy cooperation with Laos during a reception in Hanoi on February 18 for Lao Minister of Energy and Mines Khammany Inthirath.

Trade turnover between Vietnam and the Czech Republic reached 1.17 billion USD in 2018, according to the Czech Statistical Office.

Vietnam’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and the enforcement of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will set a string of challenges for local government and businesses to adopt an Industry 4.0 model in ­Vietnam.

There is no doubt that the EVFTA would create a turning point in Vietnam – EU relations, said Nicolas Audier, co-chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham), in an interview with the Dau Tu (Investment) Newspaper.

Free-trade agreements have raised huge controversy over clauses allowing of corporate challenge. But they can be used to enforce labour standards.

Thailand is looking for India’s support in settling talks and concluding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by the end of this year, according to Acting Commerce Minister Chutima Bunyapraphasara.

President of Argentina Mauricio Macri will pay a State visit to Vietnam from February 19 to 21, which will create a push for bilateral cooperation in the time ahead, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Dang Xuan Dung.

The United States and China will resume trade talks this week in Washington with time running short to ease their bruising trade war, but U.S. President Donald Trump repeated on Friday that he may extend a March 1 deadline for a deal and keep tariffs on Chinese goods from rising.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung talks to Vietnam News Agency on the Government’s resolve to help private enterprises become a mainstay in the national economy.

Hong Kong, the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China, attaches great importance to ASEAN including Brunei Darussalam.