On September 18, 2022, within the framework of the 54th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting, Economic Ministerial Consultations between ASEAN and its partner countries: the United States, the European Union, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand conferences took place in Siem Reap, Cambodia, respectively, with the participation of the Economic Ministers of 10 ASEAN member countries and the Economic Ministers of the ASEAN Dialogue Partners.

On September 17, 2022, within the framework of the 54th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting and the Economic Ministerial Consultations between ASEAN and its partner countries: China, Canada, East Asia, and Hong Kong - China, took place respectively in Siem Reap, Cambodia, with the participation of the Ministers of Economy of the 10 ASEAN member countries and the economic ministers of ASEAN Dialogue Partners.

On September 16, 2022, within the framework of the 54th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting, Economic Ministerial Consultations between ASEAN and partner countries India, Russia, and South Korea took place in turn. in Siem Reap, Cambodia, with the participation of Economic Ministers of 10 ASEAN member countries and Economic Ministers of each partner country. The Vietnamese delegation attended the conferences including representatives of the Ministries of Industry and Trade, Foreign Affairs, Planning and Investment led by Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.

On the morning of September 14th, 2022, the opening of the 54th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting occurred in Siam Reap, Cambodia. The meeting enjoyed the participation of the Cambodian Minister of Trade, Mr. Pan Sorasak, the Chair, Economic Ministers from 10 ASEAN member countries, and the ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi.

In order to support the Vietnamese business community in taking full advantage of the opportunities brought about by the RCEP Agreement to promote exports and economic development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is organizing a Conference on "Carrying out the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation Plan” to introduce the RCEP Agreement and discuss on the use of the Agreement to promote trade and goods movement between Viet Nam and other countries in the RCEP region. In addition, within the framework of the Conference, there will also be a signing ceremony to hand over the VNTR Portal between leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and representatives of the UK Government.

A conference co-held on June 23 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the British Embassy in Vietnam and the British Chamber of Commerce Vietnam (BritCham) to support Vietnamese enterprises to join the supply chain of British enterprises.

A Vietnam-Australia business forum is to take place next week to support enterprises of the two countries to seek cooperation opportunities and technology transfer in clean energy, hi-tech agriculture and digital transformation applications.

Viet Nam National Trade Repository (VNTR) Roadshows

The fourth Vietnam Economic Forum is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City on June 5 with a focus on how to build an independent and self-reliant economy with extensive integration in the new context.

After a challenging couple of years, there are signs that Southeast Asia is rising from the pandemic. In 2021, output growth in the region rebounded to 2.9% with projections to further strengthen to 4.9% in 2022 as the region continues to recover, helped by high vaccination rates and a sustained global economic recovery.