VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam ’s entry into the WTO has led to a sharp increase in foreign investment in the steel industry, posing a great challenge to local small-sized businesses, an expert said at a workshop in Hanoi on Dec. 26. An improved investment environment and an increasingly growing economy since the country joined the [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The electronic sector’s exports jumped from 1.4 billion USD in 2005 to 2.1 billion USD in 2007, making it the country’s sixth-highest currency earner, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Most of participants at an electronic-telecom workshop held in Hanoi on Dec. 25 recognized the encouraging progress the sector has [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam ’s export of wood products has risen sharply since it joined the WTO two years ago, an industry official said. VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam ’s export of wood products has risen sharply since it joined the WTO two years ago, an industry official said. “The export value is expected to top [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The effects of its two-year WTO membership on the Vietnamese wooden products, handicraft and fishery industries were the major topics of a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on Nov. 28. Participants presented in-depth analyses of both the opportunities created and challenges posed by the country’s membership of the World Trade [...]
A female worker is pictured at a shirts’ production line of a local garment company in Hanoi. Vietnam is expected to earn around $9.2-9.3 billion this year from textile and garment exports. Since Vietnam joined the WTO, its textile and garment sector has enjoyed opportunities to expand markets but also faced difficulties resulting from possible [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – VietNamNet had a talk with the former Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen, and Director of the International Integration Studies Department Vo Tri Thanh, about the new opportunities and challenges over the last two years, after Vietnam joined WTO. The picture records the memorable minute when Vietnam officially joins WTO. Minister Truong Dinh [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – VietNamNet had a talk with the former Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen, and Director of the International Integration Studies Department Vo Tri Thanh, about the new opportunities and challenges over the last two years, after Vietnam joined WTO. The picture records the memorable minute when Vietnam officially joins WTO. Minister Truong Dinh [...]
Workers pile rice for export in the northern province of Lang Son. Vietnam has gained “expensive” lessons in World Trade Organization (WTO) membership after having faced domestic and global economic fluctuations and fierce competition, experts said at a conference Wednesday. Reviewing Vietnam’s achievements and challenges nearly two years after joining the WTO, former Minister of [...]
