The Vietnamese delegation highly valued Japan’s role in international trade while underscoring its active support for and participation in WTO activities.

Ambassador and Head of the Vietnamese Mission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Mai Phan Dung on April 10 met with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to exchange views on the outcomes of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) and the organisation’s future work orientation, and to reaffirm Viet Nam’s support for the multilateral trading system.

Leaders of the organisations expressed their appreciation for Viet Nam’s growing contributions to the multilateral system and voiced their desire to further strengthen close cooperation with the country in the time ahead.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on December 3 released its annual Trade Monitoring Report, with Viet Nam among 46 members actively providing data for the assessment of global trade developments.

The global trading system is undergoing its greatest disruption in 80 years. Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has recently called for reforms to build a more resilient foundation for international trade.

International experts gathered at a seminar hosted by the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN Office, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva on September 16 to share insights on the rules of origin and their role in global commerce.

Viet Nam officially deposited its instrument of ratification of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies at the WTO General Council’s special session in Switzerland on September 15.

Viet Nam comprehensively supports the reform process of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in order to improve the organisation's functions, especially the early and complete restoration of the Dispute Settlement System, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan has affirmed.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with a host of world leaders and head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6 on the sidelines of the expanded BRICS Summit.

Viet Nam’s Foreign Trade University (FTU) received a special recognition from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the awards ceremony of the International Prize for Gender Equality in Trade held at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on July 2.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Dr. Ngo Xuan Nam, Deputy Director of the Viet Nam SPS Office under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, attednded the 92nd annual meeting of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Committee) held in Geneva on June 18.

Food security has been the most talked-about topic during the High-Level Week of the 77th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, which is currently taking place in New York, the US. Amid shortages in supply, the risk of food insecurity is a concern of every country.