If the negotiation for the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement is successful, it will open up opportunities for Vietnamese exporters to do business in the region. With a population of 500 million living in 27 member countries, its GDP accounting for 30 percent of the world’s, and its per capita purchasing power of US$32,700 per year, [...]
An EU trade official affirmed that now is a good time for Vietnam and the EU to start negotiations on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). At a seminar entitled “Negotiating a Vietnamese-EU FTA: the opportunities and challenges for Vietnam?†in Hanoi on March 2, Jean-Jacques Bouflet, Counsellor and Head of the Economics and Trade [...]
Vietnamese trade associations need to begin considering what concessions key sectors are willing to make in exchange for tariff reductions from the European Union, as the Free Trade Agreement with the EU comes up for negotiations. Such was the message delivered by the seminar entiled “Viet Nam-EU Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Opportunities and Challenges for [...]
Meeting minutes within the scope of the fourth Vietnam-United Kingdom (UK) Joint Economic and Trade Committee Meeting (JETCO 4) was signed on January 26 in Hanoi featuring the UK ’s support for strengthening Vietnam-European Union (EU) trade ties. Under the minutes, the UK promised to vigorously support an early EU recognition of Vietnam’s market economy [...]
A cooperation agreement and free trade deal discussion will help accelerate the relationship between the European Union and Vietnam in 2011, EU ambassador to Vietnam Sean Doyle said last week. “Building on recent agreements and on strong growth both in Vietnam’s exports to Europe and in Europe’s investment in Vietnam, both sides can look forward [...]
The European market offers great potential for exports from the central provinces, especially in key industries like textiles, garments and seafood, experts said at a seminar last Friday. The seminar, held by MUTRAP III in Hue City last Friday, sought to equip businesses in the region with knowledge on regulations regarding exporting goods to the [...]
News that Vietnam and the EU will kick start the negotiation for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the time to come is good news for Vietnamese businesses. They have been told to immediately start preparations in order to successfully exploit the EU market. On October 4, 2010, in Brussels, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan [...]
A senior EU trade official says that Vietnam will meet all the five criteria for the world’s largest trading bloc to recognise the country as having a market economy by 2018. Stefan Depypere, Director of Trade Defence under the European Commission Directorate-General for Trade, stated this at a press briefing in Hanoi on September 24 [...]
Vietnam and the European Union are set to reach a landmark partnership agreement after successfully concludingthe final negotiations in Belgium last week. According to a member of the Vietnam’s negotiation team, both sides agreed in principle to all articles in the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). It referred to general principles, non-proliferation of weapons of [...]
Demand for some traditional Vietnamese foods and agricultural products is emerging in Europe, according to a company that exports them. Tien Giang-based Long Uyen Ltd Company said it recently shipped a mixed consignment of banh it (glutinous rice cake), banh tet (cylindrical glutinous rice cake), banh chung (square glutinous rice cake), sweet corn, taro, manioc, [...]
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