The President called on the Ambassador to strengthen bilateral ties and promote economic, trade, and investment cooperation. He suggested Cuong introduce Botswana’s key sectors, such as mining and beeves farming, to Vietnamese businesses interested in exploring opportunities in Botswana.
The US is now Vietnam's fifth-largest import market, with five import categories exceed 1 billion USD, namely chemicals, animal feed, plastics, materials, and machinery.
The freshly-signed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) opens up a new era of the bilateral relationship that has been upgraded to a comprehensive partnership and growing substantively.
A business forum was held by the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) ASEAN Chamber of Commerce (MACC) and Argentina’s Santa Fe province on October 10 to enhance trade exchanges between South American countries and ASEAN member states.
Vietnam and Australia will prioritise coordination in implementing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including the newly established ministerial-level dialogue mechanisms on trade, energy and minerals to create a favourable environment for their businesses.
Vietnamese businesses need to improve the quality of their products, and better corporate governance to promote exports to Japan which has high demands for Vietnamese garments and textiles, fine arts, farm produce and food, among others, experts said at a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 26.
The state visit to Vietnam by Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta from July 31 to August 3 is expected to offer an opportunity for the two countries to discuss measures to boost cooperation, particularly in trade.
There remain ample room and opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises to expand business and investment cooperation with partners in Hong Kong (China) which is always considered an extremely potential market for foreign firms, said insiders.
Vietnam has been a time-tested and reliable partner of India in Southeast Asia, Prof.Dr. Prabir De from the ASEAN – India Centre under the Research and Information System for Developing Countries has affirmed.
The potential for Vietnam and Algeria’s Boumerdes province to bolster their economic-trade cooperation was spotlighted at a workshop held in the Algerian locality on June 20.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has opened up numerous opportunities for Vietnam and Canada to boost two-way trade, however, tax initiatives under the trade pact have not been tapped to the fullest extent by the Vietnamese exporters, said Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in Canada Tran Thu Quynh.
Ho Chi Minh City and the Chinese localities on the banks of the Yellow River boast much room for economic, trade, and investment cooperation thanks to cultural similarities and complementary goods strutures, heard a conference held in the Vietnamese city on March 11.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang visited Grenoble city from February 17-20 as part of activities to enhance cooperation and friendship between Vietnam and French localities.
Executive Vice President of the European Commission (EC) and EU Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis said Vietnam's rise to become the bloc’s leading trade partner in ASEAN is a vivid demonstration of the success of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).
Vietnam and France will give priority to the collaboration in climate change response and the maintenance of biodiversity towards sustainable development, heard a recent working session between Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and newly-accredited Ambassador to Vietnam Oliver Brochet.
Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping on October 20 while in Beijing to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi co-chaired the fifth meeting of the Vietnam-UAE Inter-Governmental Committee in Hanoi on October 8.
Southeast Asian companies are evaluating potential investments in African markets so as to support growth and seek new opportunities amidst China’s economic slowdown, said Chairman of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Arsjad Rasjid.
The historic Vietnam visit by US President Joe Biden and the upgrade of the bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership will create unprecedented opportunities to promote new and breakthrough cooperation areas, and to promote Vietnam’s engagement in global value chains, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.
