Vietnam’s export fruits receive warnings due to surveillance restrictions (28/08/2023)
Insufficient management on planting area codes and packaging agents has led to consistent warnings being issued to Vietnamese fruits by exporting countries.

Vietnam’s wooden product exports recover gradually (28/08/2023)
Vietnam’s wood and wooden product exports have seen signs of gradual recovery, according to the Hanoi-based DSC Securities Joint Stock Company (DSC).

Thailand attracts Vietnamese delegations for MICE events (25/08/2023)
Up to 35,000 Vietnamese have headed to Thailand for MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) events since the beginning of this year, accounting for 10% of the total Asian MICE visitors arriving in the neighbouring country.

Workshop promotes Vietnam-Russia trade through Vladivostok port (25/08/2023)
The Consulate General of Vietnam in Vladivostok and the Vietnam Trade Office’s branch in the Far East on August 21 held a workshop to promote Vietnam-Russia foreign trade through Vladivostok port.

Foreign retail distributors choose Vietnam as strategic location: official (25/08/2023)
Many foreign retail distributors, promoting strategies to diversify their supply chains and ensure a sustainable and resilient supply, have chosen Vietnam as a strategic location in the global supply chain, according to Ta Hoang Linh, Director of the European-American Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Decree stipulates examination, certification of imported cars’ technical safety (24/08/2023)
The Government has issued a decree regulating the examination and certification of technical safety and environmental protection for automobiles and parts imported under some international agreements to which Vietnam is a party.

UK expects Vietnam to ratify its CPTPP accession (24/08/2023)
The UK expects Vietnam to swiftly ratify the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreement.

Interfoam Expo Vietnam 2023 opens in HCM City (24/08/2023)
The Interfoam Expo Vietnam 2023, the first of its kind, opened in the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City on August 23.

Vietnam and Australia work towards a comprehensive strategic partnership goal (23/08/2023)
Both Vietnam and Australia have made great strides in realizing their strategic partnership goal towards the comprehensive strategic partnership in the near future.

Weight still placed on imported LNG (23/08/2023)
Vietnam’s growing dependence on imported liquefied natural gas could cause a hike in power production costs.

Pork trading floor to open in HCMC (23/08/2023)
Floor to help ensure trading transparency and food quality.

Pilot of financial aid proposed to support high-tech enterprises (23/08/2023)
Support to focus on the production of high-tech products and research and development.

210 businesses eligible to export rice (22/08/2023)
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced the list of 210 businesses that are eligible to export rice.

Vietnam prepares for EU’s sustainable textiles overhaul (22/08/2023)
As the European Union attempts to transition to a more sustainable and circular economy, exporting nations will confront new laws and criteria to access the EU market, notably when it comes to garments and textiles.

Why is Vietnam’s trade surplus 11 times higher than in the same period in 7 months? (22/08/2023)
In July, Vietnam continued to have a trade surplus of about 2.15 billion USD, bringing the total trade surplus in 7 months of 2023 to 15.23 billion USD, 11 times higher than that year on year (a trade surplus of 1.34 billion USD).

Optimistic signals from US market (21/08/2023)
The US is currently Vietnam’s second largest trading partner. In 2022, Vietnam’s export turnover to the US reached 109.38 billion USD, marking the first export market of surpassing 100 billion USD. In the first half of 2023, complicated fluctuations in the global economic and geopolitical environment have caused many challenges for Vietnam’s exports to the world as well as the US.

US initiates anti-dumping duty review on Vietnamese honey (21/08/2023)
The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a notice initiating the first administrative review of the anti-dumping duty imposed on honey imported from Vietnam.

Wood product export shows signs of gradual recovery (21/08/2023)
The export value of wood and wood products was estimated at nearly 1.1 billion USD in July, bringing the total export earnings of the industry in the first seven months of this year to 7.1 billion USD, down 25% year on year, according to data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

‘Vietnamese Week in Thailand’ lures record number of enterprises (21/08/2023)
More than 100 Vietnamese businesses have joined the ongoing ‘Vietnamese Week in Thailand 2023,’ a move further bringing more Vietnamese goods to retail distribution systems in Thailand.

Coffee industry urged to get ready for EU’s deforestation regulation (18/08/2023)
As a major coffee exporter to the EU, Việt Nam should get prepared for the deforestation law to maintain and expand coffee export to the block, raising the pressing need for digitalization of the value chain.