Foreign investment into Vietnamese startups is predicted to increase although the pandemic has left negative impacts on the economy.

With many orders and good market signals, shrimp processing and exporting enterprises are looking forward to restoring production to take advantage of the peak months of the year to accelerate exports of this product.

Malaysia has given its commitment to completing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ratification process by mid-December this year.

The recent positive progresses in Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention and control efforts are the important groundwork for policymakers to consider relaxing social distancing and reopening the economy step by step.

On September 9, 2021, the National Assembly of Cambodia ratified the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with China, which aims to increase the trade of goods by reducing and eliminating tariffs and non-tariff barriers.

There is a new mood of optimism around the most recent effort to revive the Australia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) being spearheaded by Australian Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister Dan Tehan and his Indian counterpart, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.

Consumers in Sydney in New South Wales state of Australia on September 19 had a chance to taste Vietnamese farm produce as part of the weekend farm produce fair.

Technical barriers on standards, quarantine, food safety and hygiene of countries in general and China in particular are increasing day by day. Enterprises exporting agricultural and aquatic products still maintain the habit of seasonality and fragmentation, which is not suitable for China's drastic changes.

Vietnam’s GDP growth in 2021 is forecast to reach 3.5%-4%, which is lower than the initial target but still requires effort from all levels of government. The business community’s biggest wish now is to be facilitated in resuming operation in the new normal state.

With the COVID-19 outbreak curbed in northern Vietnam, foreign-invested firms in major industrial centres such as Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Hai Phong are accelerating manufacturing to help revive the economy and realise the dual goal.