At a recent workshop organized by World Bank and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), industry experts said that the sector would not stand to gain much from TPP and the government's own policies on the textile and garment industry, a Vietnamese online newspaper has reported.
US investors anticipating business windfalls from the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership have been showing a strong interest in Vietnam.
Agro-fishery-forestry exports were estimated at $6.73 billion in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year increase of 3.1 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Japan wants India to abolish 80% of tariff lines for imports of Japanese goods under the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations
The government is preparing to strengthen efforts to help small exporters before the giant Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact takes effect.
Though Trans-Pacific Partnership is widely hailed as ‘ambitious, comprehensive, high standard and 21st century’ deal by its advocates
The idea of rural tourism is a bit of a puzzle for many Vietnamese citizens, said speakers at a recent conference in Ho Chi Minh City discussing the development of craft village tourism in the country.
Ho Chi Minh City should become a special economic zone, modeled on Shanghai, in order to win back its position as Southeast Asia’s leading economy, the secretary of the municipal Party Committee has said.
Viet Nam is expected to attract a number of investors of transport infrastructure projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) model this year.
The Malaysian Public Bank Berhad (PBB) received a 100 per cent foreign-owned bank licence from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) last week.
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