ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE and Vietnam on Thursday signed a mutual declaration of intent to start negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (Cepa). The document was signed by Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, and Nguyen Hong Dien, Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, during the official visit of a …

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Sharjah Media City (Shams) have discussed exploring opportunities for collaboration and enhance coordination to support investors in the emirate. The two sides also discussed exchanging best practices in media promotion and marketing of economic programmes, initiatives, and projects, with a particular focus on developing innovative marketing channels and …

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a written message to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, inviting him to attend the COP28 Climate Change Conference, to be held at Expo City Dubai in November. The message was delivered to the Egyptian President by Mariam Al Kaabi, UAE ambassador to the Arab …