A three-day conference on ASEAN-APO cooperation in enhancing productivity opened in Hanoi on December 9 to raise mutual understanding between ASEAN and the Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), towards fulfilling the United Nations sustainable development goals.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam International Supporting Industry and Manufacturing Exhibition 2020, the first of its kind, got underway in Hanoi on December 9 with over 170 domestic and foreign businesses taking part in the event’s debut.

VOV.VN - The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is expected to boost regional and global supply chains and the economy of ASEAN members and partners.

The benefits of recent trade agreements, low labour costs, and highly appealing incentives are amplifying the nation's appeal and encouraging manufacturers hit by US tariffs to relocate out of China.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam – Korea Training & Technology Transfer Center (VKBIA) officially came into operation on December 3 in the TMA innovation park located in Quy Nhon city in the central province of Binh Dinh.

Domestic businesses should equip themselves with necessary knowledge in order to tap opportunities from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), advised experts.

VOV.VN - The nation will contribute US$100,000 to ASEAN’s COVID-19 fund, while it has pledged to contribute US$5 million worth of medical supplies to the Regional Reserve of Medical Supplies, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the 37th ASEAN Summit held in Hanoi on November 12.

ASEAN Korea Center (AKC) Secretary General Lee Hyuk has appreciated the role of Vietnam in ASEAN and as ASEAN Chair this year as well as the prospects of ASEAN-RoK ties in the future in an interview given to the Vietnam News Agency on the threshold of the 37th Summit and related summits scheduled for November 12-15.

VOV.VN - There remains plenty of room for local firms to fully tap into the various Francophone markets throughout Africa due to the large market potential of the 32 countries, coupled with the time-honoured friendship that exists between Vietnam and French-speaking countries in Africa, according to insiders.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the global supply chain and hurt regional economies, it may become a driving force for the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), said Chheang Vannarith, President of the Cambodian-based Asian Vision Institute (AVI).