The export value of timber and wood products in Vietnam is estimated to reach over 6 billion USD in the first five months of this year, an increase of 18% over the same period last year, according to General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Seafood exports in the first 4 months of 2024, reached 2.7 billion USD, up 6% over the same period in 2023. Many key export products such as shrimp and pangasius reveals good signs.

Quality is a prerequisite to ensure sustainability for durian exports. Accordingly, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issued many synchronous solutions from technical processes to sanctions to ensure productivity and quality of exported durian fruit, as well as meet the requirements of the importing country.

The geopolitical situation around the world, especially in the Middle East, has been increasingly tense. Export businesses have continued to face difficulties but are gradually finding new directions.

China has shown its dominance over other countries and territories from which Vietnam imports goods.

The European Commission (EC) has rescheduled an inspection on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Vietnam from May to this upcoming autumn, according to Director of the Fisheries Resources Surveillance Department Nguyen Quang Hung.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) recently announced preliminary conclusions of the anti-dumping investigation into aluminum extrusions and aluminium products originated from Việt Nam, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam.

China should consider raising the temporary tariff rate on imported cars with large-displacement engines, in order to reduce imports as part of the country's broader efforts to cut emissions and promote the green development of the auto industry, a Chinese auto industry insider told the Global Times, while slamming protectionist moves taken by certain countries and regions against Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).