The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will come into effect on January 14, 60 days after being ratified by the National Assembly. What have Vietnamese enterprises, especially those with promising opportunities like footwear and textiles, done to make full use of the trade deal?

The management capacity of the aquaculture sector needs to be improved for efficient and sustainable development and production, heard a conference in Nha Trang, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, on January 11.

Vietnam sustained its position as the world’s leading cashew processor and exporter in 2018, yet the country still suffered from certain losses, so the sector must strive to regain what it lost in 2018 and improve its export value in 2019, according to insiders.

The US and China are highly unlikely to join the line of economies keen to join the landmark Pacific Rim trade deal that recently entered into force, even though they stand to benefit from doing so, said a panel of trade experts and Asian diplomats on Thursday (Jan 10).

The European Parliament and Council have been urged by Human Rights Watch (HRW) to postpone the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) until Hanoi relaxes its restrictions on citizens’ rights.

U.S. officials used three days of trade talks in Beijing to demand more details on China’s pledge to make big purchases of American goods, as well as to push for ways to hold China to any commitments on changes to industrial policies.

Japan has lifted its ban on importing British beef, which has been in place since the height of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in 1996.

Australia is a promising market of Vietnam as the country spends 600 billion USD each year on imports.

Ukraine and Canada will hold talks this year on extending the effect of the free trade agreement to the sphere of services and investment, Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko has said in an interview with Ukrinform.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that China consistently advocates for the building of regional free trade arrangements in line with the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles.