Việt Nam and India have agreed to boost their defence-security ties while economics and trade partnerships will be promoted toward a bilateral trade goal of US$15 billion by 2020.
Companies across the ASEAN bloc face a growing risk of cyberattacks, which can expose the region’s top-listed firms to a US$750 billion erosion in current market capitalisation.
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has urged the World Economic Forum (WEF) to work with ASEAN member countries to promote regional prosperity as challenges and changes face the region and the world.
Though Việt Nam has made great strides in streamlining administrative procedures and developing e-governance, more needs to be done to enable businesses and the public to access information from the Government, a roundtable heard in HCM City yesterday.
New Zealand and 10 other nations have settled their differences and are set to sign a new version of the trans-Pacific partnership (TPP) trade pact in March.
Renovating the growth model and raising productivity are the key tasks to develop Việt Nam’s economy, said Vũ Tiến Lộc, chairman of the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), at a conference held in Hà Nội on Monday.
India today said it will work "closely and constructively" with all the members of RCEP for early conclusion of the negotiations for a mega trade deal.
The vigorous growth of the internet and technology in Vietnam is expected to provide a platform to support the development of a digital economy.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Transport to investigate the high transportation fees which are affecting local import-export companies.
The World Trade Organization, created in 1995 as a defence against trade wars and protectionism, is facing an unprecedented range of fundamental threats, some of which are likely to be aired when trade ministers meet in Davos next week.
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