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Phil Hogan, EU Commissioner on Agriculture and Rural Development, led a high-level trade mission to visit Ho Chi Minh City on November 4.

Vietnamese and European businesses have shared their information about food safety standards and opportunities for farm produce and beverage products to enter in each other’s market.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan that Vietnam wants to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) soon.

Representatives from Vietnamese communities in 16 European countries gathered in Prague, the Czech Republic, on October 29 for the first Congress of the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Europe.

Vietnamese firms must draw up long-term business strategies to exploit opportunities in the European Union (EU), as the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will come into force by 2018.

A poll carried out by EuroCham showed that Vietnam’s business climate index in the third quarter of 2016 went up ten points from the previous quarter to 84 points.

It is a high time to bring ASEAN-EU dialogue relations to strategic level and deepen bilateral cooperation in important fields.

The EU - Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) officially became effective on October 1 after being passed by parliaments of all EU member countries, according to Vietnam’s trade office.

Experts from Vietnam and the European Union (EU) shared experience in ensuring human rights while implementing the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT).

The European Union (EU) has upgraded its Delegation to Laos to a fully-fledged diplomatic mission in recognition of the growing relationship between the two sides.

The European Commission will re-impose a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in VN.

The cooperation between Vietnam and the European Union (EU), especially the conclusion of the bilateral free trade agreement at the end of 2015, was highly valued at a meeting held in Belgium on Septe

Two-way trade between Vietnam and the EU will grow further in the future as their Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) takes effect soon, said participants at a trade conference in Hanoi on September 27.

A workshop themed “ EU-Vietnam free trade agreement (EVFTA): New opportunities” took place in Brussels, Belgium on September 14, aiming to propose ways to effectively implement the deal.