On June 19, 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam issued Decision No. 1466/QD-BCT regarding the second review of the application of anti-dumping measures on sweetener products (monosodium glutamate) from China and Indonesia.

Local businesses are struggling to tap into foreign markets as exports decline year-on-year. Deputy director of the Import and Export Department Trần Thanh Hải talks to VNA about how to improve the situation.

Despite suffering a year-on-year decrease of 11.1% in the first five months of 2023, agro-forestry-aquatic product exports are expected to rebound in the remaining months of this year thanks to recovery momentum in main export markets, insiders said.

Vietnam has exported 2,657 tonnes of pepper to the Chinese market in the first two weeks of mid-June, while eports to the United States and EU fell.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) largely backed Japan on Monday (Jun 19) in its challenge to Chinese anti-dumping duties imposed in 2019 on imports of Japanese stainless steel.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in the first five months of 2023, export activities continued to be affected by difficulties in production, a decrease in export orders, and a decrease in export prices.

The EU's ban on deforestation-linked imports are causing concern among Vietnamese producers as the requirements to trace commodities back to their origin can push up costs and entail finding alternative suppliers.

Four specialty Vietnamese fruit are now available in UK