A workshop was held in Ho Chi Minh City on February 28 to connect businesses that import soybeans from Canada.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and President Donald Trump witnessed the signing of four cooperation agreements between Vietnam and the US with a total value of about 21 billion USD, in Hanoi on February 27.

Low investment in technological innovation and human resources development could be undermining the competiveness of the Vietnamese economy and businesses, especially amid the country’s drive towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

More Vietnamese businesses should be shifting to processing and exporting vegetables and fruits, which has high demand worldwide, Vo Mai, Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Gardening Association, has said.

The United States will need to maintain the threat of tariffs on Chinese goods for years even if Washington and Beijing strike a deal to end a costly tariff war, President Donald Trump’s chief trade negotiator told lawmakers on Wednesday.

Vietnamese enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized ones, need greater awareness of the importance of brand building, a seminar heard in Ho Chi Minh City on February 26.

The EU has a trade defense regime and a large number of trade remedies (anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard measures). UK industries at present are protected by these measures.

President U Win Myint on Tuesday urged parliament to ratify the ASEAN-Hong Kong Investment Agreement and ASEAN-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement, because it could help attract more investment from China’s autonomous regions.

After nearly 10 years of negotiations, in mid-February 2019, Vietnamese mango was officially licensed to enter the US market. This is the sixth fruit of Vietnam available in the US market. Previously, in 2008, dragon fruit was the first fruit from Vietnam to be exported to the US market, followed by lychees, longan, rambutan, and star apple.

A stunning debate unfolded in the Oval Office between President Trump and his top trade negotiator last Friday in front of the cameras and a visiting Chinese trade delegation. The president argued that memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with China are essentially meaningless, while U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer vowed to change the name of the document under negotiation to a “trade agreement” and promised it was enforceable.