Vietnam and Botswana have enormous potential to enhance collaboration in the fields of their strengths like agriculture, seafood and healthcare, among others, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on August 26.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) late last week informed the Ministry of Finance’s General Department of Customs to accept a new C/O (certificate of origin) form E in accordance with the ASEAN-China Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation.
International representatives from the government and private sectors across Southeast Asia vowed to co-operate to address the resource constraints through the circular economy with a focus on “resource maximisation, waste separation and proper disposal” in the manufacturing and consumption cycle at a symposium in Bangkok on Monday.
With its series of recent free trade agreements, Việt Nam is becoming very attractive to foreign businesses, especially in the textile and garment sector.
The country’s export turnover with CPTPP countries amounted to 15.4 per cent of Việt Nam’s total figure. CPTPP economies accounted for six of the 27 export markets with export value exceeding $1 billion, a sizable contribution in comparison to other FTA deals the country has signed.
Vietnam and Cambodia signed a cooperation agreement covering specific collaboration programmes in 28 areas following the 17th meeting of their Joint Committee on Cooperation in Economy Culture Science and Technology.
The northern province of Thai Binh has employed a wide range of preferential policies for foreign investors, including those from Germany, said Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Nguyen Hong Dien.
Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison and his spouse are paying an official visit to Vietnam from August 22-24 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. This is the first visit to Vietnam by Scott Morrison after he was elected as the Prime Minister of Australia.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued Circular No. 12/2019/TT-BCT regulating rules of origin of goods in the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the ASEAN and the People's Republic of China (ACFTA) with many new points.
In the latest directives of the General Department of Vietnam Customs regarding the inspection, identifying origin, preventing fraudulent origin, labelling goods, infringing intellectual property rights, illegally transporting, one of the contents of the General Department of Vietnam Customs noticed was the local customs department should strictly checking the labelling of imported goods.
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