Helping small businesses to support global supply chains
February 27, 2023 | 16:01
The lack of credit for small- and medium-sized enterprises to participate in global trade is stifling growth and making supply chains more vulnerable.
RCEP creates new impetus for regional economic development
February 08, 2023 | 16:24
Since it entered into force in early 2022, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has helped strongly promote integration of value and supply chains, strengthen confidence in regional economic recovery and create new impetus for trade and investment growth in the region and the world, according to an article on the Zhongguopinglun (China review) website of Hong Kong (China).
The smallholder role in commodity chains
January 25, 2023 | 09:00
During a field trip in 2022 to K’Bay village in a distant commune in Sa Thay district of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, we encountered A Diu and his wife, both of the Ro Ngao ethnic group, who were tending to their little coffee patch. I inquired as to where A Diu sold the harvested coffee.
Business integrity passport to global supply chains
January 04, 2023 | 11:40
Experts are urging Vietnamese firms to incorporate integrity principles into their corporate governance since they believe business integrity would be the passport to global supply chains.
Spillover effects of supply chains on future growth
January 02, 2023 | 21:20
The trend of supply chains shifting from China to Vietnam in the past several years is confirmed to continue and if there are no crises in Asia-Pacific, this trend will continue for the next 10 years to come at least, though the shift from China to Vietnam will happen at different paces for different sectors. Electronics is probably the most impactful for the economy and the most fast-paced one. The situation in China has already pushed the big electronic players to find alternatives.
Strengthening Vietnam's wood industry
December 26, 2022 | 11:49
Vietnam is working to establish a legal supply chain to become a global leader in the processing and export of wood.
Elevating the optimal capacity of corporate governance in Vietnam
December 13, 2022 | 19:21
The 2022 OECD-Asia Roundtable on Corporate Governance, held in Hanoi in October, drew numerous stakeholders. The forum focused on building resilient and sustainable supply chains, which supports the implementation of corporate governance policies and practices in the region in accordance with the accepted global principles of corporate governance.
The importance of integrating policy to shore up supply chains
December 08, 2022 | 10:59
One of the most urgent potential threats to Vietnam’s continued economic growth comes from a sustainability issue that did not get much air time at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt in November - supply chains.
OECD Forum: partnerships for resilient and sustainable supply chains
October 18, 2022 | 18:29
Ministers have proposed strengthened supply chains between OECD and Southeast Asia to be sustainable, equitable, and mutually beneficial.
EU, ASEAN to hold summit to develop supply chains
August 24, 2022 | 22:28
The European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will hold a summit of national leaders for the first time in December to discuss expanding trade and infrastructure assistance as the EU seeks to strengthen ties with ASEAN.
Will international stress disrupt Vietnam’s economic recovery?
May 20, 2022 | 11:00
With COVID-19 retreating, a return to normal was expected to happen soon around the world. Unfortunately, we are not yet there. Key macroeconomic disruptions stand in the way of the recovery: high inflation, surging commodity prices, supply shortages, tighter US monetary policy, and reduced fiscal support.
Shanghai lockdown snarls world's busiest port and China supply chains
April 08, 2022 | 14:21
Shanghai's grinding coronavirus lockdown is slowly clogging China's supply chains, as delays hit the world's busiest container port where staff are tangled in a morass of Covid controls.
Brands reorganising supply chain process and resilience
March 31, 2022 | 14:00
Switching from a just-in-time to just-in-case trading model could help build supply chains through attracting investment and promoting linkages in both domestic and international networks.
Movers and shakers talk shipping supply chain future
March 31, 2022 | 11:17
An upcoming seminar by the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the Singapore Business Group (SBG) will help to look ahead and beyond conventional supply chains, providing innovative and practical solutions, and will include speakers from various companies in the shipping, ports, and logistics industry.
Infection rates pressuring production
March 09, 2022 | 09:00
Leaders of some businesses are scratching their heads over trying to keep production steady and supply chains strong as record numbers of COVID-19 infections across numerous cities and provinces are affecting progress.
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