The forum served as a crucial platform for 12 Vietnamese enterprises operating in e-commerce, agricultural products, fertilizers, and steel structures to connect with over 90 Bangladeshi businesses.
Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Ismail stressed that no single ASEAN country can tackle cross-border crime alone, underscoring the need for a regional cooperation mechanism.
Thailand and Laos have agreed to prioritise joint efforts to combat drug trafficking, human trafficking, online scams, and cross-border haze pollution.
Cross-border e-commerce, which is expected to generate 7.4 trillion USD in 2025, is seen as an effective solution to help enterprises expand their export markets, heard a conference held by the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Amazon Global Selling Vietnam (AGS VN) in Hanoi on May 22.
Customs officials will be on duty to ensure smooth flow of goods via Lao Cai Border Gate in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai during Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, head of the province’s economic zone authority Vuong Quoc Vinh said on February 6.
Some 1,000 runners from Vietnam, China and countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) participated in the first International Friendship Marathon 2023, taking place in the border city of Mong Cai, Vietnam's northern border province of Quang Ninh, on December 3.
The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) under the Ministry of Public Security announced on November 24 that it has smashed a cross-border drug production and trafficking ring and launched legal proceedings against seven suspects.
The Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), in coordination with Amazon Global Selling and Hanoi's Department of Industry and Trade, on August 10 organised a workshop to discuss measures to support local enterprises export through e-commerce.
The vigorous growth of e-commerce in recent years has created a golden opportunity for businesses to enter the export market more conveniently, heard a workshop on supporting businesses to participate in cross-border e-commerce in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Ho Chi Minh City on June 21.
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will soon sign agreements with the Bank of Lao (BOL), the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and other countries in the region to boost the usage of the local currency in the economy through technological advancement that makes it easier for the people, NBC’s Deputy Governor Chea Serey has said.
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Bank Indonesia (BI) on May 8 announced the commercial launch of the Indonesia-Malaysia cross-border quick response (QR) code payment linkage.
The Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently launched a cross-border QR code payment linkage between the two countries.
Global growth investor Warburg Pincus with headquarters in New York, the US, has decided to invest in a cross-border e-commerce project in the southern province of Binh Duong.
Thailand’s cross-border trade fell by 7.6 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year as the COVID-19 pandemic hit the global economy and led bordering countries to close dozens of checkpoints.
Senior officials of four border Vietnamese province and China’s Guangxi met in Guilin city on the occasion of the Lunar New Year to increase exchange and promote cooperation between the sides.
An international seminar on border transport between Vietnam, China and other members of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) took place in Hanoi on May 11.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked for stronger coordination among police, border guard, coast guard and customs forces to effectively fight drug crime in the coming time.
