Speakers at the workshop held by the Toronto administration and the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council in Toronto city on February 10 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A workshop was held in Toronto city on February 10 to discuss opportunities for Canadian businesses in Vietnam after one year the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) took effect. Robert Cameron, Regional Manager for Asia at the Export Development Canada (EDC), said with demographic advantages and the growing middle class, the Vietnamese economy brings about numerous opportunities to Canadian businesses. He noted such agencies as the EDC and the Trade Commissioner Service, part of Global Affairs Canada, could play an important role in assisting companies to enter new markets and helping with their business process. Within the CPTPP framework, opportunities for Canadian businesses cover a wide range of fields, from aviation, information technology – telecommunications, to farm produce and mining. In 2019, Vietnam remained the largest trade partner of Canada in Southeast Asia with bilateral trade estimated at 7.8 billion CAD (5.98 billion USD). At the workshop, participants pointed out the potential for bilateral cooperation in finance amid Vietnam’s imports of financial services reaching 523 million USD in 2018. Vietnam’s investment in transport infrastructure,…