Cambodia and South Korea will begin first-round negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on Thursday, another step toward diversifying the Kingdom’s exports following the recent completion of FTA talks with China.

Vietnam may surpass Thailand in rice export this year thanks to its competitive price and the removal of rice export quota, experts have said.

An online conference on Vietnam – Argentina cooperation, particularly in trade and economy, took place on July 28 with the participation of officials from Argentina’s foreign ministry and large provinces and cities.

A training workshop called “Agricultural Production and Trade Companies - Actions to Access the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA)” took place in Hanoi on July 30, gathering together officials from the sector, representatives of relevant organisations, and businesses.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception on July 29 in Hanoi for groups and businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) that are investing in Vietnam.

Negotiations between the two countries on a trade deal covering manufactured goods, agriculture, and services are “going very well” and that they were “close to finalizing it

The Government has issued a resolution approving the first protocol that amends the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA).

Although it is forecasted that it will continue to face many difficulties in the second half of the year, the whole seafood industry has determined to make the best effort to reach US$10 billion in export value, and strive toovercomethe recommendations of the European Commission (EC) on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, aiming to remove the "yellow card".

The total import and export revenue of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products is estimated to have reached nearly US$39.5 billion in the first seven months of this year with increasing export revenue in rice, vegetables, cassava, shrimp, wood products and others.

Cambodia has listed around 340 more commodities to export to China under the Cambodia-China bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA), bringing the total to more than 10,000. Most of the products are in agriculture and agro-processing and are in addition to what Cambodia has received from the Asean-China FTA, according to a senior official of the Ministry of Commerce.