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ASEAN, US continue to foster economic engagement

The ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the US Trade Representative (USTR) Consultations took place virtually on August 27 as part of the 52nd meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM-52).

MoIT urges plastic producers to apply for anti-dumping duty exemption

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged plastic producers to apply for exemptions from anti-dumping duty on the ministry’s public service e-portal at https://dichvucong.moit.gov.vn or to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam.

RCEP agreement likely to be signed late this year

Vietnamese Trade Minister Tran Tuan Anh played host to the Eighth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting on August 27 in a bid to examine the possibility of a RCEP agreement later this year.

The Iraq certificate of conformity and how to get it?

The Iraqi market is full of opportunities for Vietnamese exporters in 2020. In the last five years, trade has continued to increase between the two countries with products such as food, electronics, machinery and plastics all being exchanged.

Vietnam must be fully prepared for ASEAN investment opportunities

The previous 25 years have witnessed Vietnam and ASEAN simultaneously being both "rivals" and "partners", in terms of being competitors when trying to attract investment, but also working together to achieve joint goals

Exports recovered, Vietnam’s trade surplus hits US$10 billion

In the first half of August, export activities continued to show signs of recovery, helping Vietnam achievea trade surplus of US$10 billion.

Vietnam records highest rate of SMEs in SE Asia looking for expansion

Around 52% of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam indicated that they would continue to invest in 2020, the highest ratio in Southeast Asia, according to findings from Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB), Irish services company Accenture and US analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet.