More than 150 Vietnamese and Singaporean enterprises attended a conference in Singapore on November 27 to look for cooperation and investment opportunities.
Concerned over domestic resistance to the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, and pressured by RCEP partners to extend greater commitment to liberalise its goods trade, India has decided to conduct a study on potential gains or losses to its economy from such a regional trade pact.
Today, the EU together with other members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) - Australia, Canada, China, Iceland, India, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore and Switzerland – unveiled a proposal for concrete changes to overcome the current deadlock in the WTO Appellate Body.
This is an important content included in the Action Plan to promote the National Single Window (NSW) and ASEAN Single Window (ASW), the reform of specialized inspection for import and export and trade facilitation for the period 2018-2020 of the Ministry of Transport (MOT) has just been issued in the Decision 2413 / QD-BGTVT.
Businesses expect to see quicker actions from State management agencies in the enforcement of the Government’s Resolutions No 19 and 35 to boost reforms and promote business development.
The two-way trade revenue between Vietnam and India is on course to increase and is expected to hit US$15 billion by 2020, heard the Vietnam India Business Forum, held in Hanoi, on November 19.
Tax incentives have played a vital role in multinational firms investing in Asean, but their effectiveness has been reduced for high-tech companies and those that already operate in the region, according to research conducted by a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University's economics department.
Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies on November 18 were unable to sign a joint statement at the 26th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Papua New Guinea in the context of deep divisions between the US and China over trade and investment.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 17 hosted a reception for representatives of several prestigious US companies on the occasion of his attendance at the 26th APEC Economic Leaders Meeting.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern have agreed the two sides should accelerate exchange of visits at all levels to further enhance the comprehensive partnership towards the level of strategic one.
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