The Government of Vietnam has recently issued Decree No. 163/2017/NDCP (“Decree 163”) to replace Decree No. 140/2007/ND-CP dated 05 September 2007 regarding the business conditions for engaging in logistics services business (“Decree 140”). Decree 163 will enter into force from 20 February 2018.
Việt Nam can fully meet Qatar’s demand for tropical fruits, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyễn Xuân Cường.
Trade promotion programmes helped generate more than US$583 million in contract value and transactions in 2017, according to the Việt Nam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade).
Portugal backs the early signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Augusto Santos Silva told Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue during their meeting in Lisbon.
Việt Nam maintained its position as an important investment destination for Japanese companies, with some 70 per cent of operational Japanese-invested firms making plans for business expansion here.
Thousands of Japanese goods imported into Việt Nam will enjoy a zero percent tariff, in line with the Southeast Asian country’s commitments to lower tariffs, as outlined in the Việt Nam - Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (VJEPA) and the ASEAN - Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (AJCEP) for 2016-19.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ began his working visit to Portugal on Friday, where he met with President of the Portuguese National Assembly Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues.
The products of HCM City and Laos are more complementary than competing in nature, meeting consumption and production demand of both sides. But their bilateral trade relation has not met the expectations of either side, according to the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of HCM City (ITPC).
The implementation of tariff reduction to zero per cent under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) from January 1, is an obsession with the Vietnamese sugar industry.
Growth prospects for Việt Nam this year are bolstered by strong domestic demand and prospects of a global economic revival. However, protectionism, fiscal deficit, public debt and low productivity raise questions about a possible middle-income trap - and the means to overcome it
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