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The two-way trade revenue between Vietnam and India is on course to increase and is expected to hit US$15 billion by 2020, heard the Vietnam India Business Forum, held in Hanoi, on November 19.

China and the United States can reach a trade agreement at the G20 meeting in Argentina this week, the state-run China Daily newspaper said in an editorial on Friday, but Washington must be "fair minded" if it wants to defuse spiralling tensions.

(VEN) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told leaders at the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore this month that his country hoped negotiations on a major regional trade deal would take into account the development gap between its member states to ensure the interests of all signatories. Phuc affirmed Vietnam’s willingness to contribute to the ongoing efforts to conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free trade agreement among the 10 ASEAN member states and six Asia-Pacific states: Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand.

India has extended a USD 5 million aid to Myanmar as its assistance for development projects on the Indo-Myanmar border.

Politburo member Truong Thi Mai, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilization, has expressed her hope for stronger ties with Canada at meetings with Canadian officials during her visit to the country from November 26-28.

The ASEAN and other new regional Asian groups became the focus of a plenary session on November 26, part of the 2018 Horasis Asia Meeting held in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed that Vietnam wishes to further deepen the bilateral ties with the UK during a visit to the UK from November 14 to 17.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded the growth of Vietnam-Cambodia ties during a reception in Hanoi on November 26 for Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn.

The European leaders on Sunday ( November 25) endorsed the Brexit deal at the European Union (EU) summit, a major breakthrough since the lengthy Britain-EU Brexit negotiation started one and half years ago.

(VEN) - Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Tapani Lintila led a delegation of 20 business companies to visit Vietnam last month, marking the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

Vietnam and Belgium’s Wallonie-Bruxelles region signed cooperation minutes for the 2019-2021 period in Brussels on November 21, covering a total of 25 projects, as part of the 10th meeting of the Vietnam – Wallonie-Bruxelles Joint Committee.

Ho Chi Minh City stands ready to help Hungary gain broader access to ASEAN and Asian-Pacific markets while facilitating Hungarian investors’ long-term business in the city, according to a local leader.

Southeast Asian nations may soon have to "choose sides" between the U.S. and China in their ongoing trade war.

Diplomats and experts gathered at a seminar in Hanoi on November 15 to discuss the policies of countries in Africa and the Middle East towards Asia and cooperation opportunities for Vietnam.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development lowered on Wednesday its projection for global economic growth next year, citing headwinds including the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China.

(VEN) - Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc is urging China to increase imports of agricultural products from Vietnam in order to achieve a greater trade balance between the two countries. 

A workshop to promote trade ties between enterprises from Vietnam and Hong Kong (China) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15 by the Investment & Trade Promotion Center of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC) in collaboration with the Vietnamese trade office in Hong Kong.
 

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman expects to get new loans from the International Monetary Fund as early as December, once parliament passes a budget of stability that refrains from making pre-election populist moves, he said last week.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indian President Ram Nath Kovind discussed a joint vision to further deepen the Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership during their meeting in Hanoi on November 20 on the occasion of the Indian leader’s state visit to Vietnam.

Chief negotiators from the 11 members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will gather in Tokyo, Japan, on November 20-21 to discuss policies after the deal takes effect in late this year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev discussed measures to further promote partnership between the two countries in various fields during their talks in Hanoi on November 19 as part of the latter’s official visit to Vietnam.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 18 urged countries in the region to remain committed to the goal of economic integration and work towards the director of an open global economy to jointly pursue prosperity in Asia-Pacific.

Vietnam considers the US one of its important leading partners, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told US Vice President Mike Pence.

(VEN) - “Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has recently been active in improving the investment environment, in which Kazakhstan and Vietnam can boost cooperation bilaterally and within the scope of the Vietnam-EAEU (Eurasia Economic Union) Free Trade Agreement,” Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Vietnam Beketzhan Zhumakhanov told a recent press meeting in Hanoi.