04-01-2021 17:44
With great export prospects from the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), exports to the UK may make up more than a single per cent ($700 billion) of Vietnam's import turnover.
04-01-2021 15:54
Vietnamese exporters in the steel and mechanic sectors expect to get easier access to the UK market following the signing of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) last month.
31-12-2020 10:26
Late last year, a global survey was published ranking countries’ preparedness to deal with a pandemic crisis. The survey measures seemed sensible enough at the time; prevention, response, reporting, financing, and medical infrastructure. The US and the UK were confidently ranked first and second whilst Vietnam ranked a distant 50th place. One year on and the opposite happened. So what did the survey miss? In one word: culture.
30-12-2020 16:10
Representatives from Vietnam and the United Kingdom signed a free trade agreement between the two countries in London on December 29 evening (Vietnam time).
28-12-2020 16:10
Amid rising coal-related environmental problems, clean coal technologies are the optimal solution to ensure growth and sustainable development. Dr. Nuki Agya Utama, executive director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy, and Michelle Manook, chief executive of the World Coal Association, talked to VIR’s Bich Thuy about the potential benefits for ASEAN.
28-12-2020 09:39
The Malaysian government is considering opening its border to help boost the tourism sector, according to Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Nancy Shukri.
24-12-2020 11:16
Countries in Europe on Wednesday began easing travel bans on Britain put in place to contain a new strain of Covid-19 that UK officials believe spreads faster, as the US said it had now vaccinated one million people.
23-12-2020 17:00
Shinhan Vietnam Finance Company Limited (Shinhan Finance), voted the Best Sustainability Development Company Vietnam 2020 by leading UK-based Global Banking & Finance Review magazine and one of the Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2020 by HR Asia magazine, has launched iShinhan 3.0 to offer friendly customer experience and convenient, feature-rich new services.
23-12-2020 09:06
More than 360 Vietnamese citizens were brought home safely on a flight arranged by Vietnamese and UK agencies together with the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 21-22.
21-12-2020 15:33
Vietnam's wood exports to the UK are expected to grow strongly as the two countries have recently concluded the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).
21-12-2020 15:00
British and EU negotiators had dug in their heels and were each demanding more concessions from the other as post-Brexit trade talks dragged on into Sunday, deadlocked on fishing rights.
15-12-2020 13:31
The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement was settled last week and will take effect from January 1, in which 99 per cent of tariffs between two countries will be eliminated – and full implementation is set to further boost UK-Vietnam bilateral trade, which has already tripled in the past decade.
15-12-2020 13:27
As the United Kingdom began a transition period on its way to leaving the EU in January, meaning the free trade deal between Vietnam and EU members is only valid for the UK until the end of the year, Vietnam and the UK worked quickly towards signing a UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) to develop the cooperative relationship between the two.
14-12-2020 09:21
The European Union and Britain will return to the negotiating table on Monday after agreeing to abandon a supposed make-or-break deadline for a post-Brexit trade pact.
12-12-2020 12:58
Vietnam is a strategic partner of the UK, affirmed UK Secretary of State for International Trade Elizabeth Truss at a meeting with Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Economic Affairs Vu Hong Thanh in Hanoi on December 11.