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Shrimp breeders as well as small and medium processors in Mekong Delta provinces will benefit from a European Union-funded project launched in Can Tho city on May 25.

Speakers from Europe and Vietnam delivered inspiring speeches that suggest new ideas to tackle challenges facing both sides at an event in Hanoi on May 20.

The Vietnam-European Union (EU) cooperation in the science and technology field is auspicious, according to Kostas Glinos.

The EU will double funding for ASEAN to fulfill its development targets, visiting EU Ambassador to ASEAN Francisco Fontan Pardo said at a press conference in Hanoi on May 12.

Vietnam, as an ASEAN member, always supports the bloc’s efforts to intensify close cooperation with the European Union (EU) in all spheres.

An ASEAN draft on a food safety legal framework was discussed at a conference held by the ASEAN Secretariat and the ASEAN Regional Integration Support from the EU in Indonesia from May 9-10.

The ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days (STI Days) began on May 10, serving as a platform for scientists, policymakers and innovation companies from the two blocs to boost cooperation.

Vice President of the European Union (EU) Federica Mogherini has affirmed that the EU stands ready to upgrade ties with ASEAN to the strategic partnership level.

The EU will allocate 50 million EUR (56.1 million USD) to consolidate integration and facilitate trade for ASEAN, said EU Ambassador to ASEAN Francisco Fontan Pardo.

A conference was held in Hanoi on March 16 to review Vietnam’s legal framework against the commitments of the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) on investment.

Nearly 40 businesses from the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa and Europe gathered at a workshop in Nha Trang city on March 14 to seek bilateral economic cooperation opportunities.

The review of Vietnam’s laws to make them consistent with EVFTA commitments on Customs and Trade facilitation has focused more on the field of customs with little attention on trade facilitation.

The 22nd ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Retreat wrapped up in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province on late March 3, agreeing on ways to boost the regional and inter-regional economic connectivity.

Vietnam and the European Union (EU) will push ahead with the review of legal documents towards the signing and application of their bilateral free trade agreement (EVFTA) in 2018.