Thanks to many factors from the external and internal economy, many processing and manufacturing enterprises are not only recovering production but also accelerating, bustling with domestic and export orders. Therefore, continuing to expand investment, taking advantage of opportunities is an issue that businesses in this industry must focus on.

India and Japan seem to be checking all the right boxes to develop a deeper partnership. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited India on 19 March 2022 and met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 14th India–Japan Annual Summit in New Delhi. While the two leaders discussed a wide range of issues at the event, economic cooperation was central.

UK working to negotiate new enhanced free trade agreement with fellow ‘services superpower’ Switzerland

As of April 28, 2022, Indonesia has begun a complete ban on palm oil exports, a move that could threaten global food prices and place extra pressure on already steep cooking oil prices worldwide.

Dutch vice minister for foreign economic relations Hanneke Schuiling, during a recent visit to Vietnam, expressed her wish for the approval of the $1-billion Cai Mep Ha logistics centre and deep-sea port. She met Vietnam’s vice minister of industry and trade Dang Hoang An to discuss the bilateral trade and investment agenda and the implementation of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

Vietnam and the Republic of Korea must work to support both nations' businesses by utilizing incentives from free trade agreements (FTAs) toward the bilateral trade target of US$100 billion by 2023, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai.

Manufacturers reliant on raw materials imported from China are struggling now after China enforced strict COVID-19 lockdown policies to curb recent outbreaks.

In 2012, two U.S. analysts penned an article in Foreign Policy headlined "A Tale of Two Asias," describing the continent's contrasting Jekyll and Hyde sides.

European business confidence in Vietnam’s investment environment continued to rise at the start of 2022, according to the website Fibre2Fashion.com.

Vietnam has set a goal of achieving an average export growth rate of 6-7 percent in the 2021-30 period, following the Government's strategy on import and export released recently.