Durian usurps dragon fruit’s crown as Vietnam’s top fruit export (10/07/2023)
Durian has replaced dragon fruit as Vietnam’s biggest fruit export item after a 10-fold surge year-on-year to US$526 million in the first five months of this year.

Efforts made to prevent decline in seafood exports (10/07/2023)
In the first six months of this year, seafood export turnover only reached 4.13 billion USD, down 27.4% over the same period in 2022. Export turnover of key seafood products decreased, such as 380 million USD in tuna (down 31%) and other aquatic commodities recording year-on-year decreases of 17-30%. In the seafood industry, localities and businesses have been focusing on implementing many solutions to prevent the decline in exports and overcome the difficult period.

Vietnamese firms urged to shift to official cross-border exports (10/07/2023)
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is collecting opinions on amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 14/2018/ND-CP detailing border trade activities in order to speed up the shift to official export.

Vietnamese lychees available in Thailand’s supermarkets (10/07/2023)
The first batch of lychees of northern Bac Giang Province exported to Thailand via an official channel has been put on the shelves of Gourmet Market supermarkets in the import country, a representative of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday.

EU considered potential destination for Vietnamese rice (07/07/2023)
The EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has opened up unprecedentedly big opportunities for Vietnamese rice export. Thanks to preferential tariffs, the shipments of fragrant and high-quality rice to the EU have reaped encouraging results.

HCM City’s export turnover drops 22.4% in H1 (07/07/2023)
Ho Chi Minh City’s export turnover in the first half of this year reached an estimated 19.42 billion USD, down 22.4% year-on-year.

Việt Nam sees prospects to increase rice exports in H2 (07/07/2023)
Việt Nam has bright prospects for rice exports in the second half of this year due to increasing demand for rice in the world market, according to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VSA calls for technical barriers on steel imports (07/07/2023)
The Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) has proposed the Government set up technical barriers and quality inspection procedures for steel imports into Vietnam.

Import, export value of Vietnamese goods estimated at US$56.01 billion in June (06/07/2023)
This afternoon, the Vietnam Customs informed that the import and export value of Vietnamese goods was estimated at US$56.01 billion in June, up 3.6 percent over the previous month or an increase of $1.93 billion.

OVs help popularise Vietnamese products (06/07/2023)
The more than 5 million Vietnamese people living and working in 130 countries have helped bring Vietnamese goods, especially farm produce, to the world.

Seafood exports down 27% in 1H (06/07/2023)
Vietnam earned nearly $4.2 billion from seafood exports in the first half of this year, down 27 per cent compared to the same period last year, according the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP).

Webinar on contract negotiation, signing with Indian partners (06/07/2023)
The Vietnam Trade Office in India held a webinar on July 5 to discuss several notes during the negotiation, signing and implementation of contracts with Indian partners, with about 150 business representatives interested in the Indian market taking part.

Vietnamese prime minister orders rice export expansion (05/07/2023)
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a telegram asking relevant ministries and departments to boost rice production and expand rice exports.

Việt Nam remains Philippines’ largest rice supplier (05/07/2023)
Việt Nam remains the largest exporter of rice to the Philippines with shipments surging by 31.1 per cent year-on-year in the first five months of the year to US$772.4 million.

Forestry products bring home over 6.4 billion USD from exports in H1 (05/07/2023)
Vietnam raked in an estimated 6.42 billion USD from forestry product exports in the first half of 2023, down 28.8% year on year, according to the Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam earns over 2 billion USD from coffee exports (05/07/2023)
Coffee is an export highlight of agricultural products in the first half of 2023, as the industry’s export revenue earned 2 billion USD in the period, the General Department of Customs has announced.

Agriculture sector continues to focus on three key programmes (04/07/2023)
The agriculture sector remains determined to fulfill its set targets, focusing efforts on boosting exports and implementing three major programmes – the resolution on agriculture, farmers and rural areas, the strategy for sustainable rural development, and agricultural restructuring in the second half of the year, heard a press conference on July 3 in Hanoi.

Fertiliser prices fall, firms to expand exports (04/07/2023)
The fertiliser export market declined in both volume and price in the first six months of this year.

Vietnamese noodles exempt from EU residue testing, subject to border controls (04/07/2023)
Vietnamese instant noodles exported to the EU will no longer require residue testing for ethylene oxide, but will still undergo 20 per cent border controls, according to the European Union.

Agro-forestry-aquatic product exports likely to post positive growth from Q4 (03/07/2023)
The export turnover of agro-forestry-aquatic products in the third quarter of 2023 is expected to be equivalent to the figure in the same period last year, and is likely to see positive growth in the fourth quarter, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.