Hoping to give more teeth to its Act East Policy, the Modi government has decided to expand India's economic links with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) by promoting private sector investments in these countries through a project development company.
Trade ministers from 10 Southeast Asian countries pledged yesterday to break down further non-tariff barriers to boost intra-regional trade as they seek closer economic integration.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a business within the London-based Economist Group, has reported that the Vietnamese government's price stabilization measures during the Tet holiday will help reduce the annual inflation rate in 2015.
The countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement have set a target of concluding TPP negotiations in 2015 and this is within reach.
Nguyen Manh Ha, Head of Housing and Property Market Department spoke to the Vietnam Economic Times about prospects of the real-estate market in Viet Nam in 2015.
Economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members will meet at the end of the month in Malaysia to discuss crucial matters on the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a government official said Wednesday.
Its "golden population" phase and other specific advantages can help Viet Nam exploit well a slew of free trade agreements (FTAs), but there is zero room for complacency, experts and leading industrialists have warned.
Vietnam was listed among top ten countries having trade surplus with the US last year with a total value of more than US$24.9 billion.
Viet Nam must develop its capital market to avoid the current dependence of long-term investment capital on the banking system, State Bank of Viet Nam Governor NguyenVan Binh has suggested.
Vietnam's business climate improvements have won plaudits from Japanese investors and the World Bank.
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