VOV.VN - The year 2025 has been a landmark period for Vietnam-Russia relations, Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko said during a year-end press briefing in Hanoi on December 29.

After more than a decade of negotiations, the Vietnam–EFTA Free Trade Agreement (VEFTA) is expected to open up significant opportunities for Vietnamese businesses to access some of the world’s highest-income markets.

VOV.VN - Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, during the 67th Mercosur Summit held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, on December 20 announced the launch of negotiations for a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Finance Cao Anh Tuan and Cypriot Minister of Finance Makis Keravnos on December 15 signed an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion with respect to taxes on income.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang of Vietnam and Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba Deborah Rivas Saavedra on December 1 co-chaired the first meeting of the Joint Committee for Implementation of the Vietnam–Cuba Trade Agreement, discussing measures to raise bilateral trade to US$500 million in the coming period.

VOV.VN - Poland has officially completed the final procedures to ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), after President Karol Nawrocki signed the ratification act on November 27.

VOV.VN - Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a statement firmly on November 24 rejecting false information circulating online that Vietnam was allegedly constructing a sea-crossing road violating the 1982 Agreement on Historic Waters between the two countries.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son has signed a decision approving a plan for implementing the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.

According to the agreed plan, the fifth round of in-person negotiations on the Vietnam–United States Reciprocal Trade Agreement concluded after the three-day session from November 12 to 14 in Washington DC, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported.

Minister of Trade and Industry Nguyen Hong Dien has recently had a working session with Jacob Helberg, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, in Washington DC, as part of his US visit to facilitate the 5th round of talks on a bilateral trade agreement.