With their complementary economies, Việt Nam and the United Arab Emirates boast huge potential to further foster investment and trade ties in future, a business forum heard in HCM City on May 9.

Singapore is poised to emerge as a critical supplier and processing node for semiconductors that can handle the vast computing and memory needs of running generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) applications on devices as compact as smartphones.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the initiation of the first sunset review of the anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on laminated woven sacks imported from Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Vietnam’s trade turnover with Laos trade turnover during the first quarter of the year surged by 12% against the same period from last year to reach more than US$476 million, according to statistics released by Vietnam Trade Office in Laos.

Mekong Delta’s farmers are implementing a high-quality low-emission rice project on 1 million hectares of the total 7.1 million hectares of rice fields in the country.

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to announce new China tariffs as soon as next week targeting strategic sectors, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Cambodia and Japan will strengthen economic ties in a bid to boost trade and investments. This was decided at a business matching event held at the headquarters of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Tokyo recently.

The Marcos administration is conducting a “comprehensive” review of the tariff regime in the country to address “distortions” being experienced by sectors enjoying low tariffs on their output but paying high import duties for raw materials needed for production.

It was forecast that about 12.8 million TEU of container goods would be transshipped via ports in the East Sea by 2030.

Amid current uncertainties, experts say that the Government needs to maintain macroeconomic stability, stimulate consumption, invest in infrastructure development, attract high- quality FDI flows through capital partnership consolidation with the United States and Japan and implement measures to support businesses.