Enhancing trade promotion and market research and providing information to businesses are among the tasks the Việt Nam Food Association will focus on in the next five years.
The United States has thrown a spanner into the works of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the successor multilateral trade agreement to the once US-backed TPP. The liberalizing pact is expected to be formally signed this week without America.
The latest machinery, technologies and business solutions for the livestock breeding, dairy and aquaculture industries will be on show at the ILDEX Vietnam expo in HCM City from March 14 to 16.
The 11 countries to the TPP are set to sign the new deal next week, lifting trade liberalisation ambitions in the Asia Pacific despite growing protectionist sentiments, says one observer at the Trade ministers and delegates from the remaining members of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) attend the TPP Ministerial Meeting during the APEC 2017 in Da Nang, Vietnam November 9, 2017
On his third day in office, US President Donald Trump honoured his election campaign promise to take the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The move left allies and partners across the Pacific in Asia shell-shocked and may well be seen as the turning point in US global leadership.
As one of the world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer Inc. commits to long-term business and investment activities in Vietnam, cashing in on growing local demands. Bradley Silcox, chief representative of Pfizer Thailand Limited in Ho Chi Minh City, discussed its future strategies for Vietnam with VIR’s Bich Thuy.
The Vietnamese government has issued a resolution on socio-economic and budget management in 2018 focusing on achieving GDP growth target, promoting economic restructuring, and reforming growth models.
In the face of a rapidly ageing population, Asean needs to further promote dialogue and knowledge sharing on the issue and develop common pathways that support effective and productive participation in old age, writes Chheang Vannarith.
Regarding the proposal of the Ministry of Finance to increase the environmental protection tax (EPT) on many commodities, including petroleum, Mr. Pham Dinh Thi - Director of Tax Policy Department, Ministry of Finance has given specific explanations.
Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of the Vietnamese permanent mission to the United Nations, the WTO and other international organisations in Geneva attended the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council which opened in Geneva on February 26.
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