2016 will see Vietnam finalize important treaties, such as the text for the EVFTA which could be ratified by 2017, and come into force in 2018.
The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on the last day of 2015, which saw a series of tariff and non-tariff barriers removed.
Vietnam and the EU finished their fifth round of negotiations on the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade.
With 702 new projects and 260 adjusted ones, investment from the Republic of Korea (RoK) has accounted for 29.6% of Vietnam’s total FDI.
The northern province of Ha Nam urged industrial park investors to develop their technical infrastructure in order to attract more investors.
Billion USD projects such Samsung’s in Bac Ninh... not only created jobs for thousands of people but also contributed greatly to Vietnam’s export value.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ho Thi Kim Thoa has called for local leather and footwear enterprises to beef up investments in production of materials to benefit from the free trade agreements (FTAs) Vietnam has signed and will sign.
Because of the yarn-forward rule of origin in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact and the fabric forward rule of origin in the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement.
The initial success gained by foreign franchise chains in Vietnam has prompted more and more foreign chains to come to the country.
The European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) in Vietnam has committed to intensifying its activities in 2016, in order to boost investment and trade links between Vietnamese businesses and those from the European Union (EU) member states.
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