Email this article The Vietnam_EAEU free trade agreement (FTA): performance review and strategic outlook after a decade
- Authors: Nguyen T.C.1, Dinh L.1
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- Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
- Issue: Vol 9, No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 45-56
- Section: Socio-economic development
- URL: https://medbiosci.ru/2618-9453/article/view/348759
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.54631/VS.2025.93-688166
- ID: 348759
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This article provides a comprehensive assessment of the past decade of Vietnam–EAEU cooperation under the FTA framework, highlighting key achievements, identifying existing limitations, and examining strategic prospects. Employing qualitative and quantitative methods with data derived from official sources, the study finds that while the FTA has fostered positive changes in trade flows, the results remain disproportionate to the substantial cooperation potential between the parties. Nonetheless, strong political commitment, improvements in logistics and payment systems, and plans to expand investment into emerging sectors suggest promising future cooperation.
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##article.viewOnOriginalSite##About the authors
Thang Chien Nguyen
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: ncthang69@yahoo.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6857-820X
Ph.D. (Economics), Assistant Professor, Institute for European and Americas Studies
Viet Nam, HanoiLe Hong Giang Dinh
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
Email: giangdinh@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7629-0767
Ph.D. (Political Science), Researcher, Center for Russian and CIS Studies, Institute for European and Americas Studies
Viet Nam, HanoiReferences
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Fig. 1. Vietnam-EAEU trade turnover from 2015 to 2024. Source: compiled from official statistics by the General Department of Vietnam Customs (customs.gov.vn), the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (nso.gov.vn), the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam (moit.gov.vn).
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