Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, attended a quarterly meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Geneva on September 23.
A Vietnamese diplomat has highlighted the country’s wish to enhance cooperation with the Geneva-based International Trade Centre (ITC) while addressing the recent 57th session of the ITC’s Joint Advisory Group.
The National Standardisation Strategy for 2030 has set a target of raising Vietnam’s harmonisation ratio with international, regional and foreign standards to at least 65% by 2025 and 75% by 2030.
Since its World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership in 2007, Vietnam has engaged in more than 500 bilateral and multilateral agreements in various fields, including 7 free trade agreements (FTAs).
Vietnam’s total import-export revenue hit 700 billion USD so far this year, exceeding last year’s record of 600 billion USD, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The development of international trade and the growth of import-export turnover have required the customs sector to promptly reform so that it could deal with the increasing workload.
The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted a ceremony on August 29 to celebrate the 77th founding anniversary of the diplomatic sector (August 28, 1945-2022).
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien joined trade ministers and senior officials from 164 member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) that took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 12-15.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Denmark Luong Thanh Nghi recently met with State Secretary for Trade and Global Sustainability of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Steen Hommel and Director of the ministry’s Department for Asia Thomas Lehmann.
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has slashed the anti-dumping duties on Vietnam’s honey exporters by almost sevenfold compared to its preliminary conclusions, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s attendance in the 13th Asia - Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit and related events will show the importance Vietnam attaches to ASEM and affirm the country’s stature in this forum.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo confirmed that he would protect the country’s policy that prohibits nickel exports as the European Union (EU) filed a lawsuit regarding this issue at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Vietnam Day in Switzerland 2021 is set to take place virtually for the first time on October 9 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties (October 11).
Since the EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect, the country’s imports from the EU have been rising sharply, with many commodities posting import value of billions of US dollars.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and European Commission Vice-President and EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis have co-chaired the first meeting of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA)'s Trade Committee.
Vietnam's export turnover reached more than 280 billion USD in 2020, a 55-fold increase from the figure of 5 billion USD in 1995 thanks to the effectiveness of free trade agreements (FTAs) it has signed with partners, according to the Multilateral Trade Policy Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Ministers of 19 agricultural exporting countries in Cairns Group, including Vietnam, have recently issued a joint statement to step up reform in rules of agricultural trade within the framework of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai highlighted Vietnam’s wish to learn from developed countries’ experience in operating a circular economy and developing sustainably while addressing a recent virtual meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Forming disease-free farming zones is believed to be critical in exporting livestock products given the fact that the number of such zones in Vietnam that meet the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) standards remains modest.
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