The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has helped accelerate the recovery of Vietnam’s exports to the EU, especially in the first two years since it came into effect in 2020, yet the impact is somewhat less positive in the third year, according to a report released by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) on October 27.

A conference on bolstering trade cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia in 2023 opened in Phnom Penh on October 26, within the framework of the ongoing Vietnam-Cambodia Defence, Economic Production Exhibition 2023 (VIDEX 2023).

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – Southeast Asia Business Network on October 26 held the Business Roundtable and Public-Private Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Investment in Hanoi.

The Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Economic Production Exhibition 2023 (VIDEX 2023) opened at the Koh Pich Exhibition and Convention Centre Phnom Penh, Cambodia on October 25.

Standard Chartered Bank maintained robust 2024 GDP growth forecast of 6.7% for Vietnam in its latest macro-economic updates about the Southeast Asian nation.

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and the Paris-headquartered Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global) on October 25 co-organised a seminar on the driving force of innovation in the digital transformation context.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade in the Canadian province of Ontario in coordination with the Vietnam Trade Office in Canada on October 24, co-hosted a workshop reviewing 5 years of carrying out the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Thailand Partnership (CPTPP), while promoting trade and investment in Vietnam amid Canada implementing the Indo-Pacific Strategy.

The Government has proposed the National Assembly (NA) to allow it to continue the 2% interest rate support policy for enterprises, cooperatives, and business households.

The structure of public investment capital in the last few years has changed in line with Vietnam’s economic reforms, boosting the restructuring of industries, and regions as well as balancing socio-economic development and social welfare, said Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong hosted a reception on October 23 for visiting State Secretary of the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research Dominique Paravicini.