In order to disseminate the main findings of the research and introduce the “Import-Export of Goods Strategy for the period 2011-2020, with orientation toward 2030” which has been approved by the Prime Minister under the Decision numbered 2471/QĐ-TTg on 28th December, 2011, 10 April 2012 the EU-Vietnam project MUTRAP III has organized the workshop on “Impacts of international economic integration on Viet Nam’s economy and trade. Goods Import-Export strategy for the period 2011-2020, with orientation toward 2030: policy implications”

Viet Nam vows to do its utmost to elevate relations with the European Union, said Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung of the National Assembly

“2012 cannot and should not be a wasted year,” WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy told delegates in Geneva on Tuesday 14 February. Instead, WTO members should use this year to try taking “small steps” in their efforts to move the Doha talks out of their current stalemate, and avoid setting “unattainable targets or packages.”

Vietnamese business community is encouraged to comment on international trade agreements that Việt Nam plans to negotiate or join in, according to PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng’s newly-issued Decision 06/2012/QĐ-TTg.

On 28/12/2011, Project Steering Committee (PSC) organized its fourth meeting in the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The meeting was held to summarize three-year project implementation from 2008 to 2011 and present the closing plan in June 2012.

With an aspiration to satisfy demands on information providing of business community regarding commitments of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) participated by Viet Nam, Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) cooperated with the EU-Viet Nam MUTRAP III Project to organize a workshop entitled “Dissemination of commitments in FTAs participated by Viet Nam” on 26/12 in Da Nang and on 27/12/2011 in Ho Chi Minh City

With the objective of raising awareness on gender equality for officials in Industry and Trade sector, on 16 - 17 December 2011, the Committee for Progress of Woman, Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) cooperated with the EU-Viet Nam MUTRAP III Project to organize a conference on “Training on gender equality and implementation of gender equality plan in 2011” in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province

US President Barack Obama, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, and EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy, after meeting in Washington on Monday, affirmed their commitment to “making the US-EU trade and investment relationship - already the largest and most integrated in the world - stronger.”

After 4 years since the initiation of the negotiation, with the endeavors of both Parties, on 11 November 2011, on the side-line meeting of APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, the USA, with the observation of President Truong Tan Sang and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and Minister of Foreign Affairs Alfredo Moreno Charme signed the Free Trade Agreement between Viet Nam and Chile.

The EU – Viet Nam MUTRAP III Project organized a training course on Trade, Environment, and Workers’ rights (24 - 27/10/2011) in Vinh Phuc to improve understanding of officials in Governmental agencies, research institutes, universities and business associations on “new issues” of international trade such as sustainable development, relations between trade and environment, trade and workers’ rights…