Vietnam Business News

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• Vietnam, EU hold ninth PCA negotiation round
• Official rejects VN’s violations of WTO price policy
• Vietnam, Guangxi sign 54 cooperation projects
• More funding to develop Hanoi’s craft villages
• Free flow of goods by 2015 for ASEAN community

Vietnam, EU hold ninth PCA negotiation round Posted: 11 Sep 2010 09:50 PM PDT Vietnam and the European Union (EU) began the ninth round of negotiations for the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) in Brussels on Sept. 10. The Vietnamese delegation to the negotiation is headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and the EU side is headed by James Moran, Director for Asia in the European Commission's Directorate [...]

Official rejects VN’s violations of WTO price policy Posted: 11 Sep 2010 09:50 PM PDT The Finance Ministry's Circular 122/2010/TT-BTC does not break any of Vietnam’s price commitments to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), said an official. Director of the ministry's Price Management Department Nguyen Tien Thoa said the document strictly adheres to the Government's Decree 75/2008/ND-CP of June 9, 2008, which defines milk as a commodity whose prices should be [...]

Vietnam, Guangxi sign 54 cooperation projects Posted: 11 Sep 2010 05:50 PM PDT As many as 54 trade, investment and credit cooperation projects with a total value of 1.9 billion USD were signed during an economic-trade forum between Vietnam and China's Guangxi province in Hanoi on September 11. The projects cover mostly areas of mechanical engineering, machinery, cement, urban infrastructure, wind power, irrigation and hydropower. Speaking before over 1,000 delegates [...]

More funding to develop Hanoi’s craft villages Posted: 11 Sep 2010 07:59 AM PDT Hanoi will provide VND 3.6 trillion (US$189 million) to preserve and develop craft villages from 2010-2015 to preserve traditional crafts, develop tourism, and build new craft villages while ensuring the environment is protected. The city will prioritise 25 traditional villages that are under threat and need to be restored and preserved. They include Dong My lacquer [...]

Free flow of goods by 2015 for ASEAN community Posted: 11 Sep 2010 07:57 AM PDT The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will remove all tariff barriers by 2015 following the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA). The Agreement, which officially came into effect on May 17, 2010, is a breakthrough which will promote the flow of goods amongst ASEAN member countries. Under the ATIGA, ASEAN nations will completely abolish taxes on [...]

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