Hanoi, July 3 -- Vietnam has reaffirmed its role in advancing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) by chairing key meetings that endorsed the bloc's expansion agenda and initiatives to strengthen cooperation amid an increasingly uncertain global trading environment.

Vietnam, as the 2026 CPTPP Chair, hosted the online CPTPP ministerial meeting and the 10th meeting of the CPTPP Commission on June 26, reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The events focused on several major issues, including the launch of detailed accession discussions with Indonesia, the Philippines and the UAE, the establishment of an ad hoc working group to promote a fair, transparent and predictable trading environmen...