Some Japanese carmakers consider leaving Vietnam for other regional markets with better business prospects, said Takimoto Koji.
Other key export markets have taken similar measures, raising simmering concerns about food safety.
Vietnam’s logistics sector is expected to make up 8–10% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025.
Thai and Filipino tuna exporters have accessed the market tariff-free for years.
European enterprises are expected to intensify their agri-food presence in Vietnam thanks to slashed tariffs for EU-sourced agri-food items under the EU-Vietnam FTA.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is dead, but could it have an afterlife?
The RCEP provides new hope for Vietnam’s foreign trade given the questions now surrounding the future of the TPP.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided that Vietnam should become the shrimp production base of the world.
Professor Nguyen Quang Thai, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Economics Association (VEA), tells VET’s Nguyen Ha about the outlook for Vietnam’s economy in 2017.
Although the offered low-cost loans from AIIB are very attractive, economists say Vietnam needs to think carefully before borrowing money.
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