Opportunities from new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs) help Vietnam increase tens of billions of dollars per year from exports to CPTPP and EVFTA member countries.

The UK is set to recognize that Vietnam’s industries are operating in a market economy and will not impose unfavorable rules should they be investigated under trade defense measures. When recognized as a market economy, Vietnamese goods will be treated fairer and exporters will gain more access to other markets.

China’s economy has fallen into deflation after consumer prices fell year on year last month for the first time in more than two years, official data shows, as slowing domestic spending weighs on the country’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery.

EU rules to curb deforestation could have a “catastrophic” impact on global trade if the bloc does not help small producers and developing nations to adapt, the head of the multilateral International Trade Centre has said.

The trend of sustainable consumption associated with environmentally friendly products has gained increasingly public awareness in Vietnam and also has an influence on the production and distribution system. NielsenIQ’s 2023 consumer outlook survey showed that 38% of consumers appreciated the initiatives and practical actions of businesses to improve the environment.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is setting course for a carbon-neutral future, with ASEAN Economic Ministers today endorsing a visionary ASEAN Strategy for Carbon Neutrality. The Strategy is designed to complement the ASEAN Member States’ national initiatives in meeting their respective Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement.

Indonesia’s ASEAN 2023 chairmanship theme “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth” recognizes that ASEAN can exert its voice and influence much better with economic heft.

Surpassing Japan, China now ranks third among the countries and territories with significant investments in Vietnam since the beginning of the year.

The study on the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) has been officially endorsed by the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) meeting on 19 August 2023. The study was commissioned by the ASEAN Member States, with the support from Australia for ASEAN Futures Initiative (Aus4ASEAN Futures), and provides an ambitious vision of harmonious digital opportunity for the region, going beyond the existing bilateral or multilateral Digital Economy Agreements (DEAs).

After there was information that Vietnamese fresh husked coconuts can be exported to the US, the price of fresh coconuts in the Mekong Delta has increased again.