Australia last week announced that it would permit the import of Vietnamese dragon fruit, making Việt Nam the first country to get licence to export fresh dragon fruit there.
Delegates headed to Vietnam for the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Official Meeting (SOM) were kept busy. The series of meetings and workshops.
As the United States abdicates its leadership role in establishing a regional trade framework in the Asia-Pacific, the expectation is that China should, and will, pick up that mantle.
The SOM Friends of the Chair on Connectivity Meeting and the SOM Dialogue on RTAs/FTAs in the Asia-Pacific region took place in Ho Chi Minh City on August 27 with the attendance of over 200 delegates
But overall agricultural opportunities, particularly increasing joint-venture investments between the two countries, are “absolutely huge” says Assistant Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Anne Ruston.
The chief negotiators from the 11 remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership countries began three-day talks in Sydney on Monday to move forward implementation of the regional free trade pact following the United States’ withdrawal from the deal earlier this year.
The historic August 22-24 official visit to Indonesia by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has served as a new driving force for Vietnam and Indonesia to further tighten bilateral investment co-operation.
Vietnamese Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung has stressed that there remains more scope for Vietnam - Japan cooperation in the financial market and there is huge potential for Japanese investors to operate in Vietnam.
Bùi Thanh Sơn, deputy minister of Việt Nam’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, and chair of the APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM-3), spoke with Việt Nam News about the Dialogue on RTAs and FTAs.
Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng held a meeting with representatives of leading enterprises from Việt Nam and Myanmar in Yangon on August 26 as part of his State visit to Myanmar.
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