By Ngan Anh, TN News

HANOI – Friday, June 26, 2015 15:11

While the government hopes the free trade agreement with South Korea will bring benefits to Vietnam, businesses fear it will bring them more losses than gains.

The FTA signed last month is expected to boost Vietnam’s exports to Korea and more than double bilateral trade over the next five years, the government said. Continue reading Vietnamese firms unenthusiastic about FTA with South Korea →

THOAI TRAN/TTN – UPDATED : 06/28/2015 16:45 GMT + 7

A transnational e-commerce floor for agro-product trade between Vietnam and China will benefit both sellers and buyers in the two countries, a Chinese trade official said at a recent workshop in Ho Chi Minh City.

By Nguyen Nga – Tran Tam , TNN

HA NOI – Monday, June 15, 2015 08:07

Many Vietnamese economists have been raising questions about the actual trade deficit with China, saying that there is a huge mismatch between figures released by the two governments.

At a meeting of the National Assembly last week, Mai Huu Tin from the southern province of Binh Duong raised the issue, pointing out that while Vietnam reported the deficit at US$28.9 billion last year, Chinese statistics pegged it at $43.8 billion. Continue reading Vietnam’s trade deficit with China suspected to be much higher than reported →

By Bao Van, TNN

Thursday, May 21, 2015 19:15

Foreign investors have contributed a lot to Vietnam’s economy, but at the same time they have done very little to help the country in terms of technology, legislators said Wednesday. Continue reading Foreign investors make Vietnam’s economy bigger, but not stronger: legislators →