Being the largest trade partner of Canada in ASEAN, with two-way trade topping US$7 billion in 2022, Vietnam will play an important role as a gateway for Canadian firms to enter the region bloc that has one of the highest growth rates in the world and is expected to be the world’s consumption centre by 2030 given its market size, according to Canadian business insiders.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined leaders of other ASEAN countries and Japan at the opening ceremony of a commemorative summit marking 50 years of the friendship and cooperation between ASEAN and Japan in Tokyo on December 17.

VOV.VN - As many as 30 cooperation documents were signed and exchanged by ministries, agencies, localities and businesses of Vietnam and Japan at a joint economic forum held in Tokyo on December 16.

A business information portal at https://business.gov.vn and the ASEAN Access portal at https://aseanaccess.com have been introduced with the aim of supporting enterprises in accessing market information at a workshop on the ASEAN market in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 15 visited Shibata Gousei Co. Ltd., in Gunma prefecture, upon his arrival in Japan on the same day for an ASEAN-Japan commemorative summit.

VOV.VN - A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo on December 15 to attend a commemorative summit marking half a century of the friendship and cooperation between ASEAN and Japan at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

VOV.VN - A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi on December 15 for Tokyo to attend a commemorative summit marking half a century of the friendship and cooperation between ASEAN and Japan at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with his Beninese counterpart Olushegun Adjadi Bakari in Hanoi on December 14.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation is viewed as a good opportunity for senior ASEAN leaders and their Japanese counterparts to review achievements in co-operation, thereby setting goals to develop ties in the new period on a par with the comprehensive strategic partnership framework.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend a commemorative summit to mark 50 years of friendship and cooperation between ASEAN and Japan in Tokyo, and engage in bilateral activities in Japan from December 15 to 18, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.