Government okays anti-dumping suit against US
A recent VASEP conference pointed out that if Vietnam failed to pursue the lawsuit, it could lose the US market to other big exporters like India and Thailand who had won a similar suit, Thanh Nien newspaper said.
Switzerland vows all-round cooperation with Vietnam
The Swiss parliament will increase experience sharing in operations of the two legislative bodies, especially at committee level and parliamentarians’ groups, Jean Rene Germanier told Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai in Bern on September 14 during the latter’s official visit to Switzerland occasioned by the 40thanniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.
Vietnam-Malaysia bilateral trade hits US$4 billion
Malaysian Consul General Shazryll Zahiran and Chairman of the Vietnam-Malaysia Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City said the friendship and cooperative relations between the two countries have been developing strongly in the fields of politics, diplomacy, economics, trade, investment, education, training, tourism, defence and security.
International tourism investment promotion conference kicks off
The International Tourism Investment Promotion Conference “Four Countries – One Destination” 2011 to enhance regional tourism development in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam kicked off this morning in Ho Chi Minh City.
Laos relationship to climb to new level
The message was jointly delivered by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Laos counterpart Thoongsing Thammavong, Laos President and People’s Revolutionary Party General Secretary Choummaly Sayasone and National Assembly Chairman Pany Yathotu during Dung’s two-day official friendship visit last week.
WTO ruling favours VN shrimp exports
The panel report, issued on July 11 after series of decisions by the WTO panels and appellate body, backed Viet Nam’s claim the US’s zeroing methodology in the use of administrative reviews of imports was inconsistent “as such” with the WTO’s Anti-Dumping Agreement and 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
US toasts Viet Nam’s trading importance
Viet Nam is one of the markets we most want to do business with,” said US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez. “It’s becoming an increasingly important place to market our goods and services.”
JICA stands by cooperation commitments with Vietnam
Mr Kiyoshi spoke highly of the Vietnamese Government’s efforts to stabilise the macro economy and control inflation and considered this an important foundation for JICA to maintain its ODA cooperation commitments to Vietnam.
Vietnam borrows $75m from ADB to upgrade traffic system
Previously, under the authorization of the Prime Minister, on February 23, 2011 in Hanoi, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s governor, Nguyen Van Giau, signed the loan agreement on the aforementioned project with representatives of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam.
ASEAN+3 eye higher, more strategic financial ties
During the one-day meeting, the ministers exchanged views on recent global and regional economic development and policy management, and reviewed progress of the regional financial cooperation since their last meeting, including the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM), the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI) and the ASEAN+3 Research Group.
Viet Nam attends 7th ASEAN People’s Forum
The three-day forum, which drew the participation of over 1,300 delegates from people’s organisations of 10 ASEAN member nations and several regional organisations, continues to pursue goals of speeding up inter-ASEAN integration and building an ASEAN towards the people and the ASEAN Community in 2015. The Vietnamese delegation’s message at APF-7 focused on preventing arms races and protecting peace and stability in the region, especially in the East Sea; worries about projects to build hydropower dams on the Mekong River; and the struggle for justice for millions of Vietnamese AO victims.
Vietnam-Indonesia trade ties highlighted
The Jakarta Post emphasized this in an April 30 article on the growing trade ties between Vietnam and Indonesia.
Vietnam hopes FTAs will bring more opportunities to expand export markets
Vietnam and Canada have reached the consensuses on basic points for the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement FIPA, which is expected to be signed right in 2011. The issues relating to the possible impacts of the FTA on the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, are being considered by the Vietnamese agencies and the union’s agencies. Recently, the EU has been joining forces to organize events in Vietnam where the advantages are analyzed if the two sides sign an FTA.
Hanoi-hosted ADB meeting focuses on inflation
Nguyen Van Giau, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, said at a press briefing prior to the meeting, the first ever hosted by Hanoi during its 45-year long membership, that so far this year Vietnam has devalued its currency to reduce demand in order to curb increasing inflationary trends.
Large Vietnam deals inked
Trade between Cambodia and Vietnam increased by nearly 50 percent in the first quarter of the year compared the same period last year, according Vietnam Trade Office figures released last week.
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