RCEP, a catalyst for recovery, regional integration in Asia-Pacific


Workers pack bags with rice in Vietnam's Yen Bai province on July 27, 2022. - AFP

HONG KONG: Commenting on his doubled income from the sale of five tonnes of durian to export traders in December, Nguyen Van Hai, a veteran farmer in Vietnam’s southern Tien Giang province, attributed such growth to the adoption of stricter cultivation standards.

He also expressed satisfaction over higher import demand from countries participating in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), of which China takes the lion’s share.

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