A Vietnam trade promotion area was inaugurated at the Greenland Global Commodity Trading Hub in Shanghai, China on November 13.
Hanoi says CPTPP spells great opportunities for nation; pact could also help it advance in labour reforms. Vietnam’s lawmaking body, the National Assembly, on Monday unanimously ratified a landmark 11-country deal that will slash tariffs across much of the Asia-Pacific.
The impact of globalisation in the face of the Fourth Industrial Revolution was the topic under discussion at the opening plenary session at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils, which opened on Sunday at Madinat Jumeirah.
FCO Minister of State for Asia and Pacific, Mark Field has reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to Vietnam marking 45 years of UK-Vietnam diplomatic relations.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Mario Diaz Canel Bermudez chaired a dialogue with Vietnamese and Cuban firms in Hanoi on November 9.
China should import more Vietnamese products, especially agriculture produce, so as to balance bilateral trade, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc said Sunday.
While the weakening yuan has allowed Vietnamese importers to benefit from cheaper material costs, exporters are feeling the pinch. The yuan declined to 6.9075 per U.S. dollar on Nov. 6, according to Xinhua News Agency. The move has dragged the yuan down by almost 9 percent from the beginning of this year, the steepest drop in the last 10 years.
A Vietnam trade promotion office, the second of its kind in China, was inaugurated in Hangzhou city in the eastern province of Zhejiang on November 5.
The World Economic Forum announced today that its Annual Meeting 2019 in Davos-Klosters will focus on “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution”.
National Assembly deputies will discuss the ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and related documents on November 5 morning as part of their ongoing sixth session.
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