The Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC) has urged Canada to secure its economic interests with Vietnam as a key tenet of Canada’s evolving Indo-Pacific strategy, according to an article on Business in Vancouver weekly newspaper.

Despite COVID-19 cutting into demand for textiles and garments, enterprises have poured investment into materials to improve production capacity, completing the supply chain and taking advantage of new generation free trade agreements (FTAs) that have come into effect.

Global demand for goods is recovering and this is an opportunity for Vietnam to boost its exports of consumer and industrial products, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will finalise and issue a number of legal documents needed for the implementation of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) in 2021.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue had online talks with Australian House of Representatives Speaker Tony Smith on June 7 to promote the strategic partnership between the two countries and their legislative bodies.

VOV.VN - A teleconference gathering various ministers and officials from the 11 countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) took place on June 2 to consider the UK's request to officially join the trade deal.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s tea exports are anticipated to record positive growth during the second quarter, following a sharp increase in exports to Pakistan, China, and India in the first four months of the year.

Export and import management agencies nationwide granted 420,000 certificates of origin (C/O) for US$21 billion worth of goods shipped to the markets Vietnam has signed free trade agreements (FTAs) with in the first four months of 2021.

Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia and the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada (APFC) held a webinar on May 27 to discuss opportunities for local firms in investing in Vietnam under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

VOV.VN - Russian e-newspaper Rusvesna, also known as Russia Spring, published an article on May 26 which looked into the role played by the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) in promoting greater international economic integration and the country’s comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia.