Other Briefings
ASEAN-India Free Trade Area Part III: Cambodia, Brunei, Laos and the Philippines
By Alex Tangkilisan Feb. 27 – In the third part of our ASEAN-India Free Trade Area analysis, we will examine trade trends and statistics from India to Cambodia, Brunei, Laos and the Philippines. While the Philippines is part of the ASEAN six majors, Cambodia, Brunei and Laos are the three smallest economies in the region. […]
ASEAN-India Free Trade Area Part II: Indonesia, Vietnam & Myanmar
By Alex Tangkilisan Feb. 20 – In the second part of our ASEAN-India Free Trade Area analysis, we will examine trade trends and statistics from India to Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar. Indonesia and Vietnam make up two of the major six economies in ASEAN, while Myanmar is one of the four smallest economies in the […]
ASEAN-India Target Trade to Reach US$100 Billion By 2015
80 percent of goods tariffs to disappear by 2016 Feb. 17 – Anand Sharma, India’s Minister of Commerce, has stated that he expects ASEAN-India trade to top $100 billion by 2015, speaking at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit, an event that celebrated 20 years of cooperation between ASEAN and India and that was marked by New […]
ASEAN-India Free Trade Area Part I: Introduction
By Alex Tangkilisan Feb. 7 – The ASEAN–India Free Trade Area (AIFTA) is a free trade area consisting of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India. The initial framework agreement was signed in Bali, Indonesia, on October 8, 2003, and the final agreement was signed on August 13, […]
China Set to Lose Out to Vietnam as U.S. TPP Deal Looms
Feb. 6 – The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade bloc that the United States has entered into with 10 nations and of which China has been highly critical, is set to bite into China’s textiles industry later this year when U.S.-Vietnamese negotiations over tariffs and tax rates are concluded. The TPP – which includes the United States, […]
Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement Negotiations Continue
Jan. 23 – On January 16, the Multilateral Trade Assistance Project (MUTRAP) and the Danang Branch of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) held a seminar to discuss the contents of the Vietnam-European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The seminar’s purpose was to assist Vietnamese enterprises in gaining a clearer understanding of […]
India-ASEAN Services and Investments FTA Finalized
Jan. 18 – India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) finalized their anticipated free trade agreement (FTA) in services and investments on December 20, 2012 during the India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit in New Delhi, India. The move is likely to boost trade to US$100 billion by 2015. Trade between India and ASEAN presently stands […]
Vietnam and Singapore Sign Second Protocol to Amend DTA
Jan. 16 – On September 12, 2012, Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Vietnamese Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue signed a second Protocol to amend the existing double taxation agreement (DTA) between the two countries. The DTA entered into force on January 11, 2013 in Singapore, and will be […]
New Issue of Vietnam Briefing: Annual Compliance and Audit
In this issue of Vietnam Briefing, we address a number of annual compliance topics relevant to foreign investors in Vietnam. Namely, annual reporting for foreign-owned enterprises and representative offices, as well as annual tax finalization (corporate income tax and personal income tax), and annual financial statements (structure, general accounting treatments, deductible expenditures, submission).
Singapore-European Union Conclude Free Trade Agreement
Dec. 18 – Singapore concluded an agreement with the European Union (EU) this weekend in a deal that will grant both parties improved access to each other’s markets. Singapore is the first Southeast Asian nation to conclude such a deal, with the agreement seeing the EU eliminating tariffs on all imports from Singapore over a […]
