Despite enduring a decline in key seafood exports during the first quarter of the year, there are positive signs ahead for Vietnamese aquatic products in the UK, Japan, Germany, and Israel, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

From Brexit to the CPTPP, the road has been long for the United Kingdom, but the final outcome should see the country’s trade ties with Vietnam become stronger than before.

The British Ambassador to Việt Nam Iain Frew spoke to Việt Nam News about the UK's trade opening and its impact on Việt Nam-UK trade relation.

The United Kingdom’s efforts to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership are being seconded by Vietnam, but various issues persist involving other members.

CPTPP deal is not yet final but an agreement in principle is due in the coming days, three people familiar with the negotiations tell POLITICO.

The UK is poised to join this major Asia-Pacific trading bloc in time for New Zealand’s host of key trade ministers in Auckland over the Matariki weekend in July.

Despite the import proportion of Vietnamese wood furniture only accounting for 15.3% of Canada’s total import value last year, Vietnam remains the fourth largest wood furniture supplier to the North American country, according to details given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Expectation is mounting that the U.K.'s bid to join a major Pacific trade bloc will soon be green-lit following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's breakthrough post-Brexit pact with the EU.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that today, Tuesday 21st February, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has entered into force. Chile thus becomes the tenth economy to become a full member of this treaty, which is also signed by Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.

Canada is a potential market for Vietnam’s textile and garment exports thanks to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), said Dang Thai Thien, deputy head of the Supervision and Management Division under the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department.