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(VEN) - There are major opportunities for economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and the Czech Republic, which has highly rated Vietnam’s economic growth in recent years and found it an attractive market for trade and investment.

Indonesia’s decade-low inflation rate has sparked concern among several economists that it foreshadows a further weakening of the largest economy in Southeast Asia.

(VEN) - Experts believe there will be more cooperation opportunities for Vietnamese and Indian companies if the two sides increase connection activities and assist each other in market access.

The national living wage is to rise by 6.2% in what the government says is "the biggest cash increase ever". The rise is more than four times the rate of inflation and takes hourly pay for people over 25 to £8.72 from April.

(VEN) - Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh talked to the media about the results of a working trip to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for the ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit, the Mekong-RoK Summit, and an official visit to the RoK from November 24-28.

Ukraine will receive around 15 billion U.S. dollars over five years of Russian gas transit, Ukrainian Energy and Environmental Protection Minister Oleksiy Orzhel said in his article for Economicheskaya Pravda media last week.

(VEN) - Vietnam has set out three priorities for its 2020 chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), namely promoting intra-regional economic linkages, strengthening the partnership for peace and sustainable development, and enhancing the organization’s adaptive capacity and performance. Luong Hoang Thai, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department spoke with Vietnam Economic News’ Phuong Huong Long on the sidelines of the annual meeting of senior economic officials from ASEAN member countries, known as the SEOM Retreat, which took place on November 28 and 29 in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long City. 

The trade ministers of China, Japan and South Korea pledged Sunday to step up their negotiations on a trilateral free trade agreement and a wider Asia-Pacific deal.

(VEN) - Origin fraud, illegal transshipment, and the evasion of trade remedies harm the healthy, bilateral trading relationship between Vietnam and the US and other important trading partners, as well as compliant businesses. To lessen origin fraud, illegal transshipment and evasion of trade remedies, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in cooperation with Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industry and Trade held a workshop on international best practices.

The phase one trade deal between China and the United States, which holds off a planned US tariff increase on billions of dollars of Chinese imports previously set to take effect on Sunday, was welcomed by US business groups. But they urged the removal of all additional duties as well.

(VEN) - The EU will prioritize providing Vietnam with technologies and share experience to help the country develop its digital economy, said the EU’s newly-accredited Ambassador to Vietnam Giorgio Aliberti. He spoke at a press conference in Hanoi on November 12 after he officially assumed a four-year term of office in Vietnam.

(VEN) - The EU will prioritize providing Vietnam with technologies and share experience to help the country develop its digital economy, said the EU’s newly-accredited Ambassador to Vietnam Giorgio Aliberti. He spoke at a press conference in Hanoi on November 12 after he officially assumed a four-year term of office in Vietnam.

(VEN) - Ba Ria-Vung Tau will use Jeollanam-do Province’s new representative office in Ho Chi Minh City to bolster the decades-long cooperation between the two localities.

(VEN) - Sweden, a global leader in waste management and recycling, is willing to share its experiences with Vietnam in order to promote its circular economy, said Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Ann Mawe at a workshop themed “Promoting a low-carbon circular economy - a Swedish perspective” held recently in Hanoi. “In a circular economy, we see everything as a resource for something else - waste becomes a resource,” she explained.

(VEN) - The chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) Bernd Lange has praised Vietnam’s preparation and readiness for ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

(VEN) - The chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) Bernd Lange has praised Vietnam’s preparation and readiness for ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

(VEN) - After nearly seven years of negotiations, the 10 ASEAN member states and its allies reached agreement on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and pledged to sign the trade deal in 2020. The consensus over what is shaping up to be the world’s biggest free trade area was reached within the framework of the 35th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Thailand.

(VEN) - After nearly seven years of negotiations, the 10 ASEAN member states and its allies reached agreement on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and pledged to sign the trade deal in 2020. The consensus over what is shaping up to be the world’s biggest free trade area was reached within the framework of the 35th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Thailand.

(VEN) - The provincial tourism departments of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Binh Thuan Province have signed a cooperation agreement for the 2019-2025 period.

(VEN) - The provincial tourism departments of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Binh Thuan Province have signed a cooperation agreement for the 2019-2025 period.

(VEN) - Xuyen Moc District in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province (BR-VT) and Jangsu District in South Korea’s Jeollabuk Province have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on friendship and cooperation.