The Government of Vietnam has consistently pursued a comprehensive integration policy with the focus placed on international economic integration, considering this as a motivation to promote economic reform, growth and development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
After 10 years of membership in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Việt Nam’s export and import value has increased four times to reach over US$400 billion, or 170 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), according to the General Department of Customs (GDC).
The General Department of Customs organised a ceremony on December 19 to mark Vietnam’s total import-export turnover reaching US$400 billion in mid-December, doubling the amount of six years ago.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved two loans with a total value of $299 million for Vietnam, according to the bank's announcement on December 18.
More than 150 business leaders have gathered at a conference held today in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the orientations of Vietnam’s industries after the APEC Vietnam 2017.
The 11th meeting of the Joint Co-ordination Committee on Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam (CLV) Development Triangle Area was declared a success in Việt Nam’s southern province of Bình Phước on December 19.
Việt Nam and Indonesia should put more efforts into strengthening their strategic co-operation to face challenges posed by the shifting geopolitical nature of the Asia-Pacific, according to speakers at a conference in Hà Nội yesterday.
A three-day official friendly visit to Việt Nam by Bounnhang Volachith, the Lao Party general secretary and national president, which starts today, is expected to boost diplomatic and economic co-operation between the two sides and open new opportunities for Vietnamese investment in Laos.
Trade development in the Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam (CLV) Development Triangle Area remains modest and unsynchronised, failing to match the potential for strategic co-operation between the three countries, speakers said at a forum yesterday.
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is expected to create a breakthrough for timber and wooden products. Experts forecast about US$1 billion worth of timber to be exported to the EU annually by 2020, according to an official of the Vietnam Timber and Forest Association.
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