Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung had working sessions with leaders of Emilia-Romagna within the framework of the Vietnam-Italy Year in the northern region of Italy from November 27-28.

Executive Vice President of the European Commission (EC) and EU Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis said Vietnam's rise to become the bloc’s leading trade partner in ASEAN is a vivid demonstration of the success of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

Two options are proposed for carbon trade exchange design. The first is to establish an exchange based on the infrastructure system of the stock exchanges. The second option is to build an independent exchange of stock exchanges which will be run by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

The move is expected to increase tax revenue by over VND14.6 trillion ($603.5 million) from 122 foreign multinationals operating in Vietnam.

Even as they share similar concerns about economic security and resilience, the United States’ trading partners in Asia wonder what Washington’s new embrace of industrial policy means for their own development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expected that Turkey would consider kicks-starting negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Vietnam to help boost trade cooperation between the two countries.

The EC launched a hydrogen bank within the framework of the recent European Hydrogen Week in Brussels, Belgium. The amount of money from mobilisation proposed by the EC will be taken from the EU fund to support industries while encouraging private investment.

Vietnam became China’s fourth-largest trade partner in 2022 and its largest in ASEAN.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has submitted to the government a report about problems related to implementation of next-generation free trade agreements (FTAs).

Statistics reveal that the total value of Vietnam’s products is expected to reach a CAGR of 20 percent in 2025, from US$30 billion this year to nearly $45 billion two years later. This is the leading contribution of e-commerce, online tourism, and digital payment. Vietnam will continue to have the fastest growth rate of digital economy in Southeast Asia, and its top position will maintain in 2025 (the same as the Philippines at that time).