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๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š’๐ฌ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ: ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง

Right before the closing of PILFM, Hon. Dr. Viliami Uasikฤ“ Latu, met with EU Ambassador Barbara Blinett. They discussed strategic projects for the next five years aimed at boosting Tonga’s economy. These include enhancing vanilla production and exports, developing the…

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Tonga Trade Fair 2024 Soft Opening Ceremony

MTED were thrilled to kick off the Tonga Trade Fair 2024 yesterday, 27th August 2024, at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nukuโ€™alofa! The soft opening ceremony brought together leaders and delegations from the PILFM. Welcoming remarks, Hon. Viliami Uasike…

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๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐ ๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

On the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, Tongaโ€™s Minister of Trade, Economic Development, and Tourism, Dr. Viliami Uasike Latu, met with Ugandaโ€™s Ambassador to Australia, H.E. Dorothy Samali Hyuha, to strengthen bilateral cooperation in trade, agriculture, energy,…

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๐”๐€๐„ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐€๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ

Day 2 of the ongoing 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PILFM53), His Excellency Mr. Omar Shehadeh, Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Caribbean and Pacific Islands and Head of Delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE),…

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๐๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ง. ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ข ๐”๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐‹๐Ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐š.

Following the opening of the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM53), the Hon. Minister for Trade, Economic Development and Tourism, Viliami Uasike Latu, held a bilateral meeting with Mr. Martin Wandera, the new ILO (International Labour Organization) Director for…

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๐Œ๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ฎสป๐ข๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐š ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ฌ ๐‚๐„๐Ž

The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development (MTED) is pleased to announce the reappointment of Mrs. Distaquaine Pele Tuสปihalamaka as Chief Executive Officer, effective yesterday, 22 August 2024. Mrs. Tuสปihalamakaโ€™s reappointment highlights her valuable expertise and consistent dedication to driving…

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New Petroleum Prices for August – September 2024

The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development wishes to advise that the Tonga Competent Authority (TCA) has approved the new petroleum prices for August – September 2024 to be effective from Monday, 19th August 2024.The mid-August 2024 price change is…

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