The Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA)/Forest Law Enforcement commitments in Vietnam’s Forestry Law took effect on January 1, 2019.

Jordan has reached a new agreement on free trade with Iraq, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, Rajai Muasher, said yesterday.

New Zealand's first trade agreement with Japan continues to rattle our dairy export rival the US, with a new internal report forecasting "critical" losses in the billions of dollars to competitors if the US doesn't forge a trade treaty of its own with Japan.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) was the largest export market for Vietnamese squid and octopus last year, accounting for 40 percent of the total value, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) comes into force today - just eight weeks before the UK is due to leave the European Union on 29 March.

The General Statistics Office (GSO) reported that Vietnam exported 6.1 million tons of rice in 2018, a slight increase of 270,000 tons, or 4.6 percent higher than 2017.

Investment and trade ties between Vietnam and the Czech Republic have shown encouraging signs along with the thriving political and diplomatic relations.

Vietnam’s leather and footwear sector is set to continue to thrive in 2019, according to the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO).

The United States and China said their trade war negotiations resulted in major progress as the clock ticks on a March deadline to avert a massive escalation of tariffs that could bruise the global economy.

Trung An Hi-tech Farming JSC in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has been exporting rice under foreign brand names for many years though it is itself one of the biggest rice exporters in Việt Nam.