With a large population and a rapidly growing Halal food market, the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region is a potential market for Vietnamese businesses.

India’s attempts at boosting its manufacturing sector by capitalizing on the US-China trade war have fallen short, with other Asian rivals benefiting to a much greater extent from escalating tensions between the world’s biggest economies, a study showed.

Kuwait’s WTO Ambassador Nasser Abdullah Al-Hayen presented his country’s instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies to Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on 22 October. This brings to 86 the total number of WTO members that have formally accepted the Agreement.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien on October 22 received agricultural counsellors from various countries to discuss ways to promote trade in agricultural products.

The US$3.5 billion mega-port of Chancay in Peru, set to be completed this year and expected to become a key logistics hub in Latin America, will open new opportunities for Việt Nam's logistics industry by enhancing maritime transport connections and facilitating trade between the two regions.

The Philippines and the United Arab Emirates on Monday resumed the negotiations for their planned free trade agreement (FTA), with both sides striving to complete the technical discussions this week.

The Philippines and the European Union (EU) resumed negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) last week, with the parties considering the inclusion of labor and environmental standards, as well as government procurement in the deal.

The trade war between the US and the European Union (EU) is at risk of erupting, threatening widespread inflation on both sides of the Atlantic, especially as prices are gradually stabilizing after a long period of high prices.

The West African country has the most stable politics in the region, and an open economy. It is home to the headquarters of the Central Bank of West African States, the Dakar international seaport and a railway system, which is transit point for goods in the sub-region.

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said yesterday that it has launched the fifth round of negotiations with Malaysia for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) as Seoul aims to broaden its trade portfolio.