Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he is ready to sign a trade agreement between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc, but that it is now up to the EU to conclude negotiations.

A "substantial upgrade" of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) may be announced during an upcoming summit in Laos, said Kao Kim Hourn, secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, on Wednesday.

Indonesia has officially applied to become a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to boost its export growth.

Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan are likely to exhaust their quotas for duty-free supplies of 141,85 thousand tons of hot-rolled coils to the EU under the “other countries” category in early October. This is reported by Argus. Media.

The domestic producers allege that wood fibre board products from Thailand and China are being dumped into the Vietnamese market, causing significant harm to local manufacturers.

According to Vinafruit, the total area of fruit cultivation nationwide has expanded significantly, reaching nearly 1.25 million hectares in 2023, a 1.6-fold increase from 10 years ago.

Vietnam and Indonesia are committed to quickly formulating an Action Program for 2024-2028, aiming to increase bilateral trade to US$18 billion by 2028, heard a joint business forum in Ho Chi Minh City on September 26.

There remains plenty of opportunities to expand trade and cooperation between Vietnam and Slovenia as the import and export structure between the two sides is not only non-competitive, but also complementary, heard the Vietnam - Slovenia Trade Forum held in Hanoi on September 26.

The Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, said that a national action plan to implement a circular economy by 2030 is expected to be issued in the next few weeks.

With the export results of agriculture, forestry and fishery products in the first 8 months reaching US$40.08 billion, an increase of 18.6 percent compared to the same period last year, the export turnover target of the agricultural sector reaching US$54 billion in 2024 is completely feasible. However, in order to maintain and expand the export market, businesses also need to comply with market requirements, creating a premise to bring Vietnamese agricultural products to many potential markets in the world that Vietnam has been participating in.