Vietnam Trade Office in Canada

The European Union entry ban on its wide borders, which came into effect last week, comes in a crucial year for Vietnamese exporters to the EU, leading to the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement to become ever more important for both sides in the year to come. Every week, Vina T&T Group, a pioneer in exporting fruit to worldwide markets, has...

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and Investment Protection Agreement raise many hopes for all of Vietnam’s economic sectors. John Campbell, manager of Industrial Services from Savills Vietnam, assesses the impacts of these new agreements on the Vietnamese industrial sector. Last year, Vietnam’s manufacturing and processing sector experienced continued growth amid the US-China trade dispute, including exciting new investments. Arguably, the...

The 26th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)’ Retreat has approved Vietnam’s 12 prioritised initiatives on economic cooperation in ASEAN during the ASEAN Chairman Year 2020. The 26th AEM Retreat took place in the central city of Da Nang on March 10 under the chair of Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh. The initiatives focused on e-commerce, trade in goods,...

Enhancing intra-ASEAN trade and investment is important for a cohesive and responsive ASEAN. This was stated by Vu Ho, director-general of the ASEAN Department under the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a high-level symposium on intra-ASEAN trade and investment in Ha Noi on Friday. The director-general also said that unprecedented transformation in the global economy and technological advances had brought...

The Vietnamese National Assembly will vote on the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) at its ninth session taking place in the middle of April. The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) proposed the government to assign ministries and relevant agencies to complete the dossier on the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVTA) to submit to the...

The conclusion of text-based negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in November 2019 paves the way for the economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to strengthen their economic integration with five of its dialogue partners, namely Australia, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and New Zealand. The economic integration of ASEAN into...

In his recent phone talks with European Commissioner for Trade Phil Hogan, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh exchanged views on a number of issues related to the European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and bilateral cooperation and trade in the context of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh (Photo:...

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is expected to create more impetus for Vietnam’s economic development and especially in the promotion of institutional reforms if there are willingness and adaptability from Vietnamese policy-making agencies and the business community. Exports gaining benefits The CPTPP initially contributed positively to Vietnam's trade activities since it came into force on January 14,...

As one of the large European investors in Vietnam, Switzerland currently negotiates a free trade agreement with Vietnam so that its companies can invest more in untapped fields in the Southeast Asian country. Ivo Sieber, Ambassador of Switzerland to Vietnam, shares with VIR’s Phuong Hao the outlook in economic relations between both nations. How many Swiss enterprises are operating in...

The Minister of Industry and Trade recently signed the issuance of Circular No. 06/2020 / TT-BCT amending and supplementing articles of Circular No. 03/2019 / TT-BCT regulating rules of goods origin in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). In particular, new C / O forms in the CPTPP attached to this circular have been amended and supplemented...