Reform in the management of certificates of origin (C / O) of goods to facilitate enterprises, but the Customs authorities will strengthen the management measures against foreign goods making use of the origin of Vietnam to export to other markets.
The relationship between Vietnam and the EU has been growing steadily with strengthened political and diplomatic ties, increased trade and investment, and expanded cooperation across climate change, green energy, health care, and urban management and development.
The upcoming Singapore visit by Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh over July 30-31 is of great significance for Vietnam and Singapore to strengthen cooperative and strategic partnership amidst the celebration of 45 years of their diplomatic ties and five years of the strategic partnership.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Donald Tusk of the European Council, and European Union Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker signed the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on July 17, after finalizing negotiations in end-2017.
This is the request by Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue - Head of National Steering Committee for National Single Window (NSW), ASEAN Single Window (ASW) and Trade Facilitation (referred to as the National Steering Committee 1899) to ministries and sectors at the National Conference on “Promotion of the National Single Window (NSW) and ASEAN Single Window (ASW) and trade facilitation” held on the morning of 24th July 2018.
A workshop to introduce investment opportunities in Vietnam was held on in Kuala Lumpur on July 26, drawing the participation of more than 100 representatives from firms in Malaysia.
Vietnam has received 80 billion USD in official development assistance (ODA) and preferential loans since 1993, becoming one of the largest ODA recipients in the world, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh.
Thousands of scrap containers have been massively imported, causing backlogs at Vietnamese seaports and a high risk of environmental pollution. This fact requires the strong involvement of State management agencies. Around this issue, the reporter of Customs interviewed Deputy Director General of Vietnam Customs, Mr. Mai Xuan Thanh on the solutions of the Customs.
The Vietnamese government will have to decide either to devalue the Vietnamese đong further against the US dollar to support exports and avoid cheaper Chinese goods to flood in the local market, or keep the dollar/đong exchange rate stable to avoid increased public debt and control inflation as the US-China trade war accelerates.
In today’s deeply interconnected world, we need rules and institutions to govern markets and economic activity more than ever. Yet multilateralism is under increasing strain, and the lack of a clear and consistent means for assessing changing global power dynamics is not helping.
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