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(VEN) - 2018 marked a new journey in Vietnam’s international economic integration, changing from in the face of new trends in international trade and economics to the implementation of new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs).

The UK’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) will not affect the special partnership between Vietnam and the UK, said Baroness Fairhead, Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion at the Department for International Trade (DIT) of the UK.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sees the alleviation of poverty in Russia as the top priority on his agenda, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on January 16.

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VIETTRADE) announced its plans for collaboration with the Amazon Global Selling program at a ceremony held on January 14.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that the Vietnamese Government will continue to always create favourable conditions for foreign firms to do business in Vietnam, including those from Japan.

Member countries of ASEAN need to give priority to promoting ASEAN Economic Community 2025 (AEC 2025) and concluding Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations to deal with economic headwinds in 2019, according to a recent article on the website https://www.eurasiareview.com. 

The Vietnam-Bulgaria Trade Promotion and Investment Center has opened in Hanoi recently, improving conditions for Vietnamese businesses to boost investment and exports to Bulgaria as well as accessing other EU markets.

The partial government shutdown has injected a fresh dose of uncertainty into an increasingly complicated economic landscape for the U.S. 

(VEN) - The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which is expected to be ratified and signed next year, will create more incentives for exports of Vietnam’s agricultural products to the EU market. However, Vietnamese exporters need to focus on improving their competitiveness.

(VEN) - Vietnam and Cambodia are targeting bilateral trade value of US$5 billion by 2020, up more than 25 percent from its current level. The goal was agreed on during talks earlier this month between visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

(VEN) - Poland is the largest market in Eastern Europe with high demand for textiles, garments, agricultural products and seafood. However, Vietnam has yet to penetrate this potential market despite its advantages in these products.

Japan on Monday (January 7) began collecting a departure tax of JPY1,000 (US$9) from individual travelers departing the country.

(VEN) - During her recent visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK), National Assembly Chairperson Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on an action plan to achieve the US$100 billion bilateral trade target set for 2020 in a balanced manner. 

Unemployment in the eurozone in November fell unexpectedly to its lowest rate in more than 10 years. But youth unemployment in Italy, Spain and Greece remains above 30 percent.

(VEN) - Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung lauded the growing Laos-Vietnam relations during the visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh to Laos on December 16-19. Vietnam Economic News’ Thu Hang reported on the interview he gave the media.

Global economic growth is projected to slow to 2.9 percent in 2019 from a downwardly revised 3 percent in 2018 amid rising downside risks, the World Bank said on Tuesday (January 8).

The Hanoi city authorities and Finland’s South Ostrobothnia Regional Council signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on promoting bilateral cooperation, at a meeting hosted by Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, Nguyen Duc Chung, for South Ostrobothnia region led by its Chairman Kai Pontinen in Hanoi, on January 7.

Vietnam has always considered the cooperation between its National Assembly and the European Parliament (EP) as an important pillar of bilateral relations, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed while receiving EP Vice President Heidi Hautala in Hanoi on January 7.

Japan’s government will keep a close eye on looming risks to a global economic recovery as it guides policy, PM Shinzo Abe said Sunday.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired the 41st session of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Hanoi on January 6.

Bolivia wants to expand bilateral relations with Vietnam, especially economic ties, Bolivian President Evo Morales told newly-appointed Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil and Bolivia Do Ba Khoa.

(VEN) - An ‘Educational Campus Germany’ project will upgrade the International German School and build a modern vocational training center with a shared campus.

International sanctions against Venezuela, cost the South American country 20 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, President Nicolas Maduro said, on Tuesday. 

The Office of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the Consulate General of the UK in the city signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on January 3 on cooperation in implementing the future global city programme, which aims to turn the city into a smart city, in the 2019-2022 period.