Although the health crisis is becoming more complicated, Vietnam is still forecast to take the lead in economic growth in the region in 2022

Continuing to improve the country’s business environment and viewing it as the "key" to economic recovery and growth in the new normal are strong messages given by organizations and the business community at the recent Vietnam Business Forum (VBF).

Evaluating the chances of Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia joining the mega-trade pact.

Although the health crisis is becoming more complicated, Vietnam is still forecast to take the lead in economic growth in the region in 2022 on the back of corporate confidence rising from difficulties, with the country remaining an attractive investment location.

Vietnam has been advised to remove a number of bottlenecks in a bid to further improve the local business climate and attract high-quality FDI inflows from Europe.

Making up 10% of the global supply of wood materials, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict along with the sanctions on embargoes imposed on Russia by the United States and the EU will have a strong impact on the global wood processing and export industry, including Vietnam.

Vietnam gives priority to bolstering partnerships in various fields for the benefit of the two countries.

Domestic firms should consider expanding partnerships with Japan partners in new areas like smart city and startup incubation, suggested Dr. Vo Tri Thanh, Director of the Institute of Branding and Competition Strategy.

China set a higher than expected GDP growth target of around 5.5 percent for 2022, with analysts saying the goal can be reached through serious efforts by tapping the internal strength of the world’s second-largest economy, and that China will continue to be a major world economic driver and a stabilizer of global growth amid headwinds and under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of UK businesses that export has declined in the year since the United Kingdom officially separated from the European Union, according to new data from Coriolis Technologies and the Institute of Export and International Trade (IoE&IT), which find that global supply chain disruption and the impact of the pandemic are also pressuring exporters.