At the 21 July meeting of the Negotiating Group on Rules, heads of WTO delegations said they were ready to start a new phase of discussions on fisheries subsidies after the summer break and to work towards getting an agreement by end-2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to take its continued toll on the global economy in the second half of the year, but thanks to the disease brought under control in Vietnam, the national economy is projected to grow by 3.8% in 2020.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has formally decided to impose anti-dumping measures on packaging materials imported from China, Thailand and Malaysia.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has said that as Vietnam’s stature has increasingly improved it is now time for the country to be more selective in its FDI attraction efforts.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has officially began an anti-dumping investigation into copper pipes imported from Vietnam, with the alleged dumping margins of 111.82%.

Just as COVID-19 has spread across the globe, so have protectionist measures. Governments in different continents have enacted a number of measures to allegedly safeguard their economies and health systems from the ravages of the pandemic.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has been in force for Vietnam for 1.5 years, but the utilization efficiency has not been as expected. To avoid wasting opportunities from this FTA, along with the change of propaganda and support of State management agencies, the business community must improve its initiative and really participate.

The implementation of the EU-Vietnam Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade, along with the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, are expected to boost the value of local timber and help wood items penetrate new demanding markets.

Despite the looming prospects of challenges ahead in the second half of the year, the seafood industry is making all-out efforts to meet this year’s U$$10 billion export target whilst dealing with recommendations from the European Commission (EC) on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for the purpose of having the "yellow card" removed

Online trade conferences have provided firms from both the United States and Vietnam with the opportunity to boost mutually beneficial co-operation, especially with the COVID-19 epidemic situation in the US remaining complicated