The government, ministries and local authorities have undertaken many reforms in the past year to remove obstacles facing businesses to help them cut costs, but more efforts are needed next year as enterprises are still facing numerous hurdles.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung received Chairman of the Myanmar – Vietnam Friendship Association U Tint Swai in Hanoi on December 20, asking the two countries’ friendship organisations to step up their coordination and people-to-people exchanges.
A draft amendment of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Circular 23 on the required quality of used machine imports has come under fire for not amending the ‘rigid regulations’ which place difficulties on enterprises.
The Vietnam-EAEU free trade agreement has given a boost to Belarus-Vietnam trade and economic cooperation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Belarus Le Anh noted at an event to sum up the Belarus-Vietnam interaction in 2017 in the House of Friendship on 20 December, BelTA informs.
Despite market fluctuations, Vietnam's export revenue in 2017 is predicted to reach all time high of over US$212 billion which is also much higher than the revenue of US$176 billion posted in 2016, said Duong Duy Khuong, Director of the Planning Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Wednesday the European Union's new anti-dumping methodology violates World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
Since 2016, the exports of many products in the agriculture sector in Vietnam has strongly increased. On the other hand, the agriculture sector is still vulnerable as shown in the past due to its limited development.
The ASEAN-India Connectivity Summit is the latest step in furthering physical ties between India and Southeast Asia.
It has seemed since the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was rebranded as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in November that the CPTPP has had an ambition to take on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Since Vietnam and South Korea set up diplomatic ties 25 years ago, the two countries have seen strong and steady progress in their cooperation in such areas as diplomacy, economy, technology and culture.
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