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Trade relations between Vietnam and the US will continue expanding but will also be affected by challenges in the future, heard a seminar in Hanoi on November 14.

A delegation of the UK’s Aberdeen city visited the south central province of Ninh Thuan on November 11-12 to seek cooperation opportunities in renewable energy, high-tech agriculture and tourism.

The Vietnam – Republic of Korea (RoK) business summit took place in the central province of Quang Nam on November 9, discussing policies and orientations for bilateral cooperation in startups, innovation, and technology development.

After two quarters of deceleration, the Philippine economy expanded 6.2 percent in the third quarter of 2019, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Vietnamese logistics companies need to improve their competitiveness to stay afloat when the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect, according to experts.

Visiting Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) Bernd Lange spoke to reporters in Hanoi on October 31 about the European Commission (EC)’s ‘yellow card’ to Vietnam’s fisheries sector.

The agro-forestry-fishery sector raked in 3.6 billion USD from exports in October, raising the total export revenue in 10 months to 33.18 billion, rising 1.6 percent from the same time last year.

Vietnamese logistics companies need to improve their competitiveness to stay afloat when the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect, experts have said.

Hanoi has maintained a high growth rate so far this year, with the GRDP expanding 7.35 percent in the first nine months of this year, it was reported at the 10th session of the city’s People’s Council on October 25.

Since Vietnam received a “yellow card” warning from the European Commission (EC) in October 2017 on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the country has taken various measures to settle the problem and enjoyed positive results.

Asia and Europe are important markets for Vietnamese fruits and vegetable exports and imports, and flowers could be next, experts said at a seminar on “Fruit, vegetable and flower exports - New movements in Asian and European markets” in Hanoi on October 24.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung inspected the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the southern province of Kien Giang on October 23, requesting ministries, sectors and localities to make stronger efforts to swiftly put an end to the problem.

JICA signed a grant agreement with Vietnam on October 17 to provide over 1.2 billion JPY for a project to enhance laboratory capacity of the Reference Testing and Agrifood Quality Consultancy (RETAQ) Centre, helping Vietnam better ensure safety of agricultural and fishery products as food.

An inspection team of the European Commission (EC) will visit Vietnam from November 4-14 to assess the country’s efforts in implementing the EC’s recommendations on fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung directed four groups of major tasks while chairing the second meeting of the National Steering Committee on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Hanoi on October 15.

Opportunities created by free trade agreements (FTAs) for Vietnamese farm produce to access big markets in the world were explored at the 4th national farmers’ forum in Hanoi on October 11.

Ocean accounting, which is built based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), helps experts and policy-makers evaluate the actual contribution the seas make to the economy, heard a workshop held in Hanoi on October 11.

Agriculture businesses should embrace connection in order to participate in global value chains, heard a forum held in Hanoi on October 8.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recently called Russia a priority trade and investment market for the Philippines, adding that the Southeast Asian country has worked to bolster the bilateral ties.

Vietnam and Cambodia have issued a joint statement on the occasion of the Vietnam visit by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen from October 4 – 5 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.