There remains room for Vietnam and Hong Kong (China) to cooperate in a range of fields from trade and investment to services, finance and logistics, heard the Vietnam-Hong Kong Business & Investment Matching held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 20.

President Vo Van Thuong’s trip to the US for the APEC Leaders’ Week and bilateral activities from November 14-17 is expected to open up many investment opportunities for businesses of the two countries in the time ahead.

In a recent turn of events, Europe’s auto industry is facing a significant threat from the flood of subsidized electric vehicles (EVs) from China. The European Commission has launched a probe into these subsidized battery EVs, adding fuel to the fire. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in her State of the Union address, highlighted the issue of autos being priced “artificially low” due to “huge state subsidies,” which has led to an influx of these vehicles in global markets.

In a factory in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, a batch of uniformly sized, emerald-green pickled mustard tubers roll off the production line. Soon, they will be packaged and shipped to Japan's Yokohama.

More than three-quarters of the way through 2023 has been the most difficult period in the history of Vietnam’s textile, garment and raw material exports. Although at this time, textile exports have recovered, the pace is still very slow, even stagnant, especially in the garment group. Garment and textile firms are urged to flexibly implement measures to bring into full play market opportunities and promote growth, to fulfil the set goal of over 40 billion USD in export revenue this year.

Vietnam’s dairy sector is experiencing strong sales growth on the back of a middle-class that is expanding by the day. In this article, Vietnam Briefing examines opportunities in the sector for foreign firms but also the hurdles they may face.

Participants at a conference in Hanoi on November 23 were provided with updates on commitments to sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regulations in free trade agreements between Vietnam and member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

Ukraine’s embassy in Canada says the upgraded free-trade agreement between Ottawa and Kyiv does not contain “taxation instruments” to reduce carbon emissions, contrary to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s allegation that it imposes a carbon tax on the European country.

Sri Lanka will soon bring anti-dumping laws to protect the local industries, said Chief of Staff to President Sagala Ratnayake at the Macktiles Lanka hosted event in Colombo yesterday.

Vietnam’s vegetable export revenue is forecast to reach about 1-1.5 billion USD by 2030 under a project recently approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.