The Vietnam Internet Association has signed a cooperation agreement with the Korea Federation of ICT Organisations, aiming to develop bilateral relations and create a forum for businesses of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) to transfer technologies, services and industries relating to ICT. Accordingly, the two sides will exchange [...]
The legislation needed to ratify the pending Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement will be presented to the House of Commons before it rises for the summer, Canada’s international trade minister says. In testimony before the House of Commons trade committee Tuesday morning, François-Philippe Champagne told MPs the [...]
At a reception for Raptakis in Hanoi on June 4, PM Phuc expressed his hope that Greece will support Vietnam’s efforts to boost its ties with the EU and soon officially reach the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement. Vietnam wants to cooperate with Greece in the areas of the country’s strength [...]
Business confidence, falling after last year’s election, has been buoyed by news that the Government is in discussion with the European Union over a new free trade agreement. The Coalition Government has also taken steps to progress the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and to refresh the China [...]
New Zealand is keeping pressure on the EU as formal talks to set an agenda for negotiating a free trade agreement are a few weeks away. Trade Minister David Parker has been to France for an OECD meeting, for WTO talks and for discussions in France and Germany on the pending [...]
The European Union (EU) desires to move forward the early official signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and pledges to help Vietnam improve its capacity to fully and effectively realize the trade pact’s commitments. This is according to EU representatives speaking at a meeting with Nguyen Van Binh, [...]
Lavifood, a fruit processing and exporting company, has been using AI to organize a closed value chain, from providing seedlings and fertilizer to processing high-quality farm produce. Pham Ngoc An, deputy general director of Lavifood, said AI is an efficient tool to control the cultivation process, helping improve the quality [...]
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) inched closer to completion last March when the ministers of all 16 countries met in Singapore for their fourth intersessional meeting. Next up on the almanac for leaders is a ministerial meeting which will be held in Tokyo on 1 July. Participating economies in [...]
Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will join hands to develop e-government system in Vietnam under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked on May 25 between Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung and RoK Minister of Interior and Safety Kim Boo-kyum. Vietnam wants to learn the RoK’s [...]
Trade ministers from 21-member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum concluded talks on May 26 in Papua New Guinea without reaching agreement on the issue of a multilateral trading system. After the two-day gathering, the ministers released a joint statement covering discussion areas including promoting the digital economy [...]