It took more than ten years and countless negotiations for fresh Vietnamese lychees to be finally granted an export license to Australia in 2015, and former Ambassador Luong Thanh Nghi played a major part.
The national economic growth will continue to be marked by positive trends this year thanks to improvements to institutions and the investment environment, according to a forecast by the National Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast (NCIF).
Việt Nam has voiced their support for Singapore to become chair of ASEAN in 2018 and will co-ordinate with the country, as well as other ASEAN members, to push forward priorities and initiatives for ASEAN this year, in a bid to see further progress in building the ASEAN Community, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Quốc Dũng said.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises, which have enjoyed multiple tax incentives, pay the lowest State taxes despite reporting high profits, statistics show.
Vietnam earned some US$321 million from fruit and vegetable exports in January 2018, rising by 36.9 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Vietnam has sent a diplomatic note to oppose a seafood import suspension imposed recently by Saudi Arabia, calling on the country to withdraw its decision.
Vietnamese shrimp exports to the EU increased 71%, year-on-year, to $86.4 million for the month of November, after the Southeast Asian country saw a strong increase in exports to the trading bloc through 2017.
The US on Friday ratcheted up pressure on India, blocking a request from New Delhi that calls for allowing a World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel to determine whether India has removed the mandatory domestic content requirements and other restrictive measures imposed on imported solar cells and solar modules, according to people familiar with the development.
Singapore has joined the pile of countries going to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to demand a consultation with the US over its 30% solar import tariffs, according to a WTO filing from Friday 9 February.
The Asia-Pacific Working Group of the diverse and broad-based U.S. Food and Agriculture Dialogue for Trade (Dialogue), which represents more than 95% of the U.S. farming, ranching and food processing sector, is expressing its desire to share specific ideas with the Trump administration on how to reengage in the TPP trade negotiations following President Donald Trump’s Jan. 26 address at the World Economic Forum in Davos
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