The United States and United Kingdom are preparing to begin negotiations on a new trade agreement later this month. According to an October 3, 2023 reporting by POLITICO, President Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are planning to start negotiations in October. The goal would be an initial set of chapters completed by spring 2024 before the U.S election and the U.K. general election. This would be a “foundational” trade agreement that could be further built upon and developed over time.

A Myanmar-Vietnam trade fair is scheduled to take place in Yangon, Myanmar on November 1 to attract 22 booths displaying a range of Vietnamese products.

Vietnam has become one of the leading countries in Southeast Asia in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), according to an article published on September 21 on the website gfmag.com of Global Finance Magazine.

The US’s increased trade defence measures on imports in general and Vietnamese goods in particular has made it increasingly hard to export to this market, according to Counsellor and head of the Vietnam Trade Office in the US Do Ngoc Hung

The average export price of Vietnamese pangasius to the United States in August plummeted by 44% to US$2.92 per kilo, representing the steepest fall since the beginning of the year, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến on Tuesday had a working session with the visiting Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack in Hà Nội.

The higher interest rate regime instituted by the world’s major central banks over the past year and a half is starting to have its effect on the global economy. In its latest economic update, the World Bank has forecast that growth in east Asian economies could fall to its lowest level in five decades in 2024.

Having a sustainable development element will help businesses increase their value and build Vietnamese brands in the European market.

Wood and wood product exports to the UK, as well as other major export markets, are expected to recover this year after a significant drop, industry experts have predicted.

Just a stone's throw from a seaside resort popular with tourists, a new industrial complex is expanding on Indonesia's Bintan island, which lies across a narrow strait from Singapore.