The World Trade Organisation's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) will boost customs reforms to facilitate trade across borders in line with international standards, an official has said. 

Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) began commercial testing of its 4G, or fourth generation mobile telecom technology, services in Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc Island, in early 2016 with speeds reaching as high as 100 Mbps.

The Vietnamese property market is entering 2016 after witnessing recoveries of firms in 2015, driven by macroeconomic improvements and policies of openness.

Despite the negative impacts of prolonged drought, the Central Highlands region still saw positive socio-economic development in 2015, with its gross domestic product (GDP) valued at nearly VND140 trillion (US$6.16 billion), up 7.06% from the previous year.

The price of gold is now at a 6-year low, and is expected to continue to decrease.

VOV.VN - Swift ratification of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will help create new export opportunities for agriculture and enhance the industry’s contribution to the national economy, says the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Though there is no sign yet of the price "fever" that periodically marks the Vietnamese property market or a bubble, the market remains a hot topic for analysts and the media.

Many goods imported from Laos will enjoy a reduction of 50% of tariffs between February 14, 2016, and October 3, 2020, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Signing the Bilateral Trade Agreement with the US and the Trans-Pacific Partnership and joining the World Trade Organization were evidences of Vietnam’s deep integration into the global economy.  

Top US officials will travel to Havana on Feb. 16 to sign an aviation pact that restores scheduled airline service between the United States and Cuba for the first time in more than 50 years, the US Transportation Department said on February 12.

VOV.VN - The lack of a timely and coherent strategy by local companies to cope with regional and global integration has given rise to increasing doubts about the process and the nation’s ability to successfully navigate the transition.

Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, Director of the WTO Centre, under the VCCI, spoke to the newspaper Hai Quan (Customs) on the need to use protectionism in international trade.

Vietnam is making all-out efforts to build a low-carbon economy towards green growth in order to realise the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) announced its plan to deal in shipping in 2016, including selling and transferring 13 ships.

The US has become Vietnam’s leading trade and investment partner, which has been reflected through impressive trade values between the two countries over recent years.

The upper chamber of the Kazakhstani parliament has ratified a free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam, according to the Russian news agency TASS on February 11.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has authorized the expenditure of VND90 billion on advertising and marketing during 2016.

Wooden furniture manufacturers enjoy preferences thanks to a 0% import tariff applied by many big export markets. However, very few enterprises can exploit the advantages.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the US have made great strides in their strategic partnership over recent years and there have been many positive developments that lead to the broader promise of deeper cooperation in trade and investment for years to come.

Bui Quang Vinh, Minister of Investment and Planning, spoke to Tuoi Tre (Youth) about the country's resolve to continue to pursue its economic reforms.

VOV.VN - Three international cargo carriers, namely Hong Fu from Hong Kong (China), Menelaos and Indian Goodwill from Liberia arrived at Cai Lan port in the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 11 (the 4th day of the first lunar month). 

VOV.VN - Seven companies of the Tata Group would focus on Myanmar and Vietnam as viable markets to expand its business, a Tata Sons spokesperson has told India's Economic Times and International Business Times.

VOV.VN - The Indonesian Anti-Dumping Committee (KADI) has announced it will conduct a hearing on the administrative review of the anti-dumping duty (AD) order on cold rolled steel sheets imported from Vietnam, Taiwan, China, the Republic of Korea and Japan. 

VOV.VN - The 8th International Exhibition of Shipbuilding, Marine Technology, and Transportation (VietShip 2016) will take place at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on February 24-26.

Improving human resources and revamping the labour structure are strategic solutions to improving the competitiveness of the economy in the context of deeper and wider international integration. 

The first batches of goods of the New Year, mainly fruit and seafood, were shipped abroad through the Lao Cai international border gate, on February 9, the second day of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

The Government has promulgated a Resolution underlining key measures to realise the socio-economic development plan and State budget estimates in 2016.

The World Bank is now embarking on a process to design its next strategy to support Vietnam in implementing the 2016-2020 socio-economic development programme and achieve the set objectives in the period.

 Malaysia posted total trade at 1.466 trillion RM (nearly US$352 billion) in 2015, up 1.2% from the previous year, according to the country’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend the Philippines another US$400 million for the expansion of the Government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), local media reported on February 10.