The businesses said there has not been enough evidence to start an investigation into Chinese HRC imported to Việt Nam. Furthermore, they stressed the importance of careful study of the impacts on the Vietnamese steel industry, as well as the entire economy, in the event anti-dumping measures are implemented.

China, the US and Japan stood out as the primary importers of Vietnamese fishery products in the first quarter of this year, according to VASEP

This product was subject to an anti-dumping investigation by the US in 2012 and applied tax in 2013 with tax rate from 51.54 per cent to 58.54 per cent.

In a detailed analysis of recently published statistical data, the General Department of Customs reported that in the first 2 months of the year, Vietnam's export turnover to the 10 largest markets witnessed uptrend tendency, even at high levels in some markets year on year.

There remains ample room for Vietnam's exports to China and the growth will be directly proportional to the quality improvement of products by domestic enterprises, according to Dau tu (Investment) Newspaper.

With close geographical distance, low cost and transportation time, and preferential tariffs... are great advantages that Vietnam's fruit and vegetable industry needs to take advantage of to increase exports to other Asian markets such as China, ASEAN, Middle East...

As calculated, total import-export turnover of goods in the first quarter of the year reached over 178 billion USD, up 15.5% year on year. Both exports and imports achieved high growth rates, clearly showing a recovery trend.

Rice exports were among the top agricultural products with high growth rates, reaching over 1 billion USD in the first three months of this year.