VOV.VN - The nation and Canada need to redouble efforts to remove obstacles and create the best possible conditions to allow businesses from both sides to access and exploit each other's markets as a way of propelling economic and trade ties forward.

An inter-ministerial working group has been established to operate and upgrade the Vietnam Free Trade Agreement Portal (FTAP) for 2021-2025 with a vision towards 2035.

VOV.VN - Timber and wood products in January surged by 8.3% to reach US$1.55 billion compared to December, 2021, and were up 14.3% from the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Australia has delivered a haul of 3.6 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam over recent weeks through a procurement agreement signed with UNICEF and in partnership with the Vietnamese Ministry of Health.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) going into effect has given an extra push for Vietnamese goods into the Swedish market as import tariff cut heightens their competitiveness, Diep Van Ty, chairman of the Vietnamese trade association in Sweden, has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang held a working session with Torino Panetta, mayor of Choisy-le-Roi in the town’s conference hall on February 17 to discuss the possibility of strengthening cooperation between the two sides.

Leaders of Hai Duong have witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between local firm Dai An Urban-Industrial Zone Development Corporation JSC and Indian partners - Sri Avantika Contractor LTD and SMS Pharmaceuticals LTD - on developing a Pharmaceutical Park project in the northern province.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 14 received Alok Kumar Sharma, British Cabinet Minister and President for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), who is on a working visit to Vietnam to promote the implementation of the conference’s outcomes.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug and the RoK’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki in Seoul on February 11.

VOV.VN - Japanese shareholder Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has announced the termination of a strategic alliance agreement signed with Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank), dantri.com.vn reported.