First-ever ASEAN Online Sale Day kicks off Experts have predicted that ASEAN’s e-commerce sector will triple its scale to US$300 billion in 2025.

ASEAN celebrates 53rd founding anniversary

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s Secretariat held a virtual ceremony on Saturday to mark the bloc’s 53rd founding anniversary under the theme “ASEAN 53: A Cohesive Journey to Recovery”.

Remarks by Deputy PM Phạm Bình Minh as ASEAN celebrates its 53th founding anniversary Remarks by the ASEAN Chair 2020 Phạm Bình Minh, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign  Minister of Socialist Republic of Việt Nam on the occasion of the 53rd ASEAN Day Online Celebration on August 8, 2020

Transportation transaction floor should offer more services Phan Thị Thu Hiền, deputy director of the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam, spoke to Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper on the transport transaction floor in Việt Nam

Việt Nam holds flag-raising ceremony to mark ASEAN 53rd anniversary An ASEAN flag hoisting ceremony was held in Hà Nội on Friday morning to mark the 53rd founding anniversary of the association (August 3, 1967) and 25 years of Việt Nam’s ASEAN membership (July 28, 1995).

Ministry leaders discuss action plan to implement EVFTA Vietnamese enterprises have been urged to renovate their business strategies if they want to benefit from the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), especially after the country opens the market for goods, services and investment to EU partners, forcing compel local businesses to compete directly with foreign peers at home.

Public debt need to be mobilised from domestic financial reserve funds, says expert Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has planned to increase budget spending and public debt to support enterprises, avoiding interruption and losses of production capacity in key sectors.

Experts call on Government to aid businesses again As the new wave of the virus has made economic recovery and development more difficult, experts and the business community have asked the Government for more help.

Việt Nam receives positive view in global exports as EVFTA takes effect: report Việt Nam is expected to continue growing its share of global exports despite declining amid the resurgence in the COVID-19 pandemic after three months of no local transmissions, according to an HSBC report.

More than 50 years of remarkable transition of ASEAN

On August 8, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will celebrate the 53rd anniversary of its establishment. Along this remarkable growth journey, ASEAN has undergone significant transitions.