It took over a year to build the brand "Ruby plum," which caused the price and sales to immediately skyrocket to be on par with similar products imported from the US and Australia.

Deputy Director of the Việt Nam Institute of Economics Lê Xuân Sang spoke to Vietnam News Agency about the opportunities and challenges facing Việt Nam in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).

The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) has promoted the export of Vietnamese goods to the UK market, with the trade balance continuously recording a trade surplus exceeding billions of US$.

China has expressed concerns over some unilateral trade practices of the US during the WTO's 15th Trade Policy Review of the US, raising 312 written questions to the US based on WTO rules and pointing out Washington's trade protectionism is affecting the stability of global industrial chains.

The European Union and Thailand signed the EU-Thailand Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) in Brussels.

As the US opened the golden age of Pax Americana in the previous century, the next era would come a period of Pax Asiana, of which Việt Nam and ROK would take the centre stage.

Many global companies have invested or announced plans to invest billions of dollars in Vietnam this year as they show continued interest in making the country a manufacturing hub.

Việt Nam has made multi-dimensional efforts to achieve its net zero greenhouse gas emission targets by 2050 as committed at COP26, an official from the Ministry of Construction told a training workshop in HCM City on December 16.

The US’ latest move in extending tariff exclusions on 352 Chinese import categories has sent positive signs as it is beneficial to normalizing bilateral trade and helping trade ties get back on a normal track.

There is still a lot of untapped potential for Vietnamese businesses in the CPTPP, three years after it went into effect, said policymakers and industry experts during an online conference in Hanoi on December 1.