On August 18, 2023, the US Department of Commerce ("Commerce") issued its final affirmative determinations that solar cells and modules completed in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam (collectively, "Southeast Asia") using components from China, and exported to the United States, are circumventing the antidumping duty ("ADD") and countervailing duty ("CVD") orders on solar cells

Both rice and wheat supplies are now facing alarming shortages. The prospect of another world food crisis that would rival those in 2007–08, 1972–74 and 1966–68 is front-page news. In the past three years, the world food economy has been severely stressed by COVID-19 supply disruptions, adverse weather, Russia’s escalation against Ukraine’s grain shipping and storage facilities and the rapid emergence of drought-inducing El Nino. Regional conflicts in Africa, which cut off food supplies to vulnerable populations, have become a constant.

At the beginning of the year, leather and footwear, one of the four commodity groups that account for the largest proportion of Vietnam's export turnover to Canada, has maintained a double-digit growth rate - up 46.6%. However, with great competition from other countries, here, the leather and footwear industry must have a new strategy instead of relying on outsourcing orders.

The Department of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the US Department of Agriculture has just issued a written notice on allowing Vietnam to export coconuts to this market. Accordingly, the US requires that fresh young coconuts from Vietnam exported to the US market must be peeled off the entire green shell and at least 75% of the coir.

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.

Vietnam has made important gains in socio-economic development thanks to its opening policies to integrate into the world economy and participate in a range of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). Joining FTAs, especially new generation FTAs, has enabled Vietnam's economy to grow steadily, boost its import and export, and attract foreign direct investment (FDI).

Israel has shown consistent growth as a major market for Vietnamese seafood. The VIFTA (signed by Vietnam and Israel on July 25, 2023) will provide additional opportunities for Vietnamese seafood.

The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) has had a significant impact on Vietnam’s export-oriented industries, driving growth and opening up new opportunities for both countries, experts have said.