The second Trade Policy Review (TPR) session of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for Vietnam was held in the form of videoconference on April 27.

EuroCommerce, which represents the retail and wholesale sectors in Europe, has said that maintaining free trade will be an essential tool in driving the economic recovery, post COVID-19.

WTO members discussed the latest progress in implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the 22-23 April meeting of the Committee on Trade Facilitation. An update on the rate of implementation of TFA commitments and on members’ technical assistance needs was provided by the WTO Secretariat.

Let’s not believe our own propaganda. Asia reinventing global trade is a superficially attractive but problematic proposition. It assumes there once was a free international economy open to reinvention.

Efforts to improve Vietnam’s business climate have continued despite COVID-19 but progress appears to have slowed down compared to previous years and differs between fields, according to the latest report from the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

FDI attraction must be more selective with a specific focus on the main evaluation criteria such as quality, efficiency, technology and environmental protection, said Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh at the Connections for Development Forum 2021 in Hanoi on April 26.

The COVID-19 pandemic has rocked the global economy and created unprecedented trade uncertainty and challenges for all sectors, but from the crisis may come opportunity for Vietnam’s agricultural trade, experts have said.

JOE BIDEN would be "more interested" in joining the CPTPP than striking a deal with Brexit Britain, a trade expert has told Express.co.uk.

The volume of Russian-Vietnamese agricultural trade has increased by more than 2.5 times over the past five years. The free trade agreement between the EAEU and Vietnam, which has been effective since October 2016, has contributed to such active growth.

Talking to Customs News, Mr. Nguyen Anh Duong (photo), Head of General Research Department, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), Ministry of Planning and Investment, said in order to take advantage of opportunities from FTAs with e-commerce, businesses need to carefully study the content of e-commerce in the FTA