asean encouraged to embrace global flows

ASEAN encouraged to embrace global flows

Vietnam and other ASEAN member states have been advised to create a more favourable environment with a shared digitalised bloc to woo more funding amid global investment flows changing.
asean future forum 2024 wraps up in hanoi

ASEAN Future Forum 2024 wraps up in Hanoi

The ASEAN Future Forum 2024 (AFF 2024) wrapped up in Hanoi on April 23 after a day of productive discussions.
uk supports aseans economic integration

UK supports ASEAN’s economic integration

The UK delegation to ASEAN held a seminar in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 24 to discuss the ASEAN-UK economic integration programme.
ministry provides media training on global integration

Ministry provides media training on global integration

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) held a workshop on April 25 to provide media training on global integration, UNESCO, and ASEAN for reporters and editors from press agencies in Hanoi.
asean future forum 2024 enters first session

ASEAN Future Forum 2024 enters first session

The first session of the ASEAN Future Forum 2024 (AFF 2024) in Hanoi on April 23 focused on fast and sustainable growth for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
regional cooperation advances boosted through asean future forum network

Regional cooperation advances boosted through ASEAN Future Forum network

For the first time in the history of ASEAN, Vietnam will hold the ASEAN Future Forum this week as the country’s largest multilateral event with an aim to further boost intra-bloc in economic, trade, and investment cooperation. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet talked with VIR’s Nguyen Dat about how important the event is to regional cooperation.
asean meeting on intellectual property cooperation opens

ASEAN meeting on intellectual property cooperation opens

The 72nd meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC) is taking place in Vietnam’s central city of Danang on April 22-26.
canada asean consolidate climate change response economic cooperation

Canada, ASEAN consolidate climate change response, economic cooperation

The Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC) and the ASEAN Alliance on Carbon Markets (AACM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration and accelerate the implementation of carbon crediting programmes across Southeast Asia.
trade facilitation ahead with asean india deal upgrade

Trade facilitation ahead with ASEAN-India deal upgrade

An upgrade for a trade deal between ASEAN and India should expand the two economies’ trade turnover and mutual investment into the Southeast Asian market in the time to come.
asean strength to be built on with trade reforms

ASEAN strength to be built on with trade reforms

Vietnam and ASEAN member states are jointly deploying measures to boost the region’s economy, with a focus laid on upgrading a regional agreement on trade in goods.
paraguay wants to expand economic cooperation with vietnam

Paraguay wants to expand economic cooperation with Vietnam

Paraguayan Minister of Industry and Commerce Javier Gimenez has expressed his hope to expand economic cooperation with Vietnam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a whole.
renewable energy leading solution to climate change mitigation in asean

Renewable energy – leading solution to climate change mitigation in ASEAN

Investing in renewable energy sources is as a palliative measure for ASEAN to mitigate climate change, according to Vice President of Infrastructure Solutions at Malaysian-based Vertiv Chee Hoe Ling.
vietnams economic growth expected to pick up in 2024

Vietnam's economic growth expected to pick up in 2024

Vietnam’s economy is expected to post 6 per cent growth in 2024, up from 5.1 per cent growth in 2023, on the back of improving external demand, a pickup in domestic demand, and robust foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, according to a report by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) released on April 9.
vietnam now chinas top asean trading partner

Vietnam now China's top ASEAN trading partner

Despite the gloomy global economic landscape, trade between Vietnam and China maintained positive momentum last year, with China emerging as Vietnam's largest trading partner in 2023 and trade turnover between the two countries valued at just under $172 billion.
asean employers tend to prioritise ai skilled talent

ASEAN employers tend to prioritise AI-skilled talent

Hiring AI-skilled talent is a priority for nine in ten ASEAN employers, of which 72 per cent struggle to find the talent they need, highlighting a looming AI skills gap in the region.