Ministers from the six member countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) have endorsed a five-year action plan that includes $64 billion in projects to help the sub-region achieve inclusive growth and sustainable development.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on the World Bank (WB) to intensify its mobilisation of capital from international donors for projects that meet Việt Nam’s development investment needs.
The Government has had many policies encouraging the development of the private sector. But the sector continues to face many Government-created hurdles, including regulations and required licences and certificates.
An official from the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has reaffirmed her country’s commitment to signing a bilateral trade agreement with Vietnam after it leaves the European Union.
As strategic partners, Vietnam wants to foster comprehensive relations with Spain, particularly in economic, trade and investment ties, and the Vietnamese Government will create favourable conditions for Spanish enterprises to invest in the country.
Vietnam has joined or completed negotiations for 11 free trade agreements (FTAs), bilateral and multilateral, not including the TPP, according to former Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen.
Việt Nam proposed a resolution on strengthening intra-regional cooperation to build an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) of equal development and inclusive growth.
Belgian leaders told Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ that they attach importance to the relationship between the two countries as well as Việt Nam’s important position in EU-ASEAN ties.
Australia’s sustained military involvement in Afghanistan is going to show that its global security and Asian trade agendas are inconveniently at odds.
The “TPPA-11” is what remains of the TPP Free Trade Agreement following the withdrawal of the United States. Because the TPP was never ratified prior to US withdrawal, some have termed it the “zombie” TPP.
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