The European Union has agreed to delay but not dilute a landmark deforestation regulation. Environmental NGOs and politicians have warned that the slowdown threatens forests and the climate.
Coastal localities nationwide have implemented practical and effective activities and specific measures, demonstrating their determination to join the nation’s efforts to have the “yellow card” that the European Commission (EC) has imposed on Vietnamese seafood regarding illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing lifted in 2024.
A Vietnam-France Investment and Trade Promotion Seminar was held in Paris on November 13 to strengthen connections and seek cooperation opportunities between the Mekong Delta province of Long An and France.
Vietnam’s coffee exports exceeded the 5 billion USD mark for the first time in the 2023-2024 crop year that lasted from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024.
Vietnam always treasures cooperative ties with the European Union (EU) and its member states, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told President of the European Council (EC) Charles Michel at their meeting on October 10 on the sidelines of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits in Vientiane, Laos.
Experts believe that European Union’s Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR) compliance will not only elevate export standards.
"When we negotiate, we are often in trouble because, at the Berlaymont, they have so many staff that it is almost impossible for our facilities to analyse their proposals all the way through."