Textile, footwear, and wooden furniture businesses moaned about a sharp fall in export orders.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to support granting the communist country "market economy" status and help ease other trade irritants as the Biden administration courts the Southeast Asian export powerhouse as a strategic and counterweight to China.

With the official elevation of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Vietnam from Comprehensive Partners to Comprehensive Strategic Partners for Peace, Cooperation, and Sustainable Development, Vietnam's economy is expected to experience robust development in the near future. 

On September 11, 2023, the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) published a notice initiating an administrative review of certain Vietnamese export products subject to anti-dumping or countervailing duties.

Viet Nam pocketed US$ 33.21 billion from exporting farm produce in the first eight months of the year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam’s tuna exports to the UK in the remaining months of this year will be positive and Vietnamese tuna still has good competitiveness thanks to the advantages that the Vietnam-UK free trade agreement brings about, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The European Commission has scheduled an investigation to examine the imposition of punitive tariffs to protect EU carmakers from Chinese electric vehicle imports. This has triggered a huge response from the body within a few hours. The Chinese government has now also positioned itself.

Fruit and vegetable exports are poised for a record revenue of US$5 billion this year, driven by favourable conditions from the beginning of this year.