Besides the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that have been signed and put into practice, which have created many new development motivations, market expansion and diversification; activities to initiate negotiations for new agreements have also been initiated to open up new opportunities for businesses to seize the opportunity.

India's commerce ministry is taking up the domestic steel industry's concerns about the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for steel and other commodities, according to steel ministry officials.

The food industry is one of the key industries prioritized for development by the Government of Vietnam from now to 2025, with a vision to 2035, playing an important role in socio-economic development, promoting the commodity exports.

Shrimp exporting companies have raised and recommended to the Government to resolve some existing issues that are making Vietnam's shrimp industry less competitive than other shrimp-farming countries such as India and Ecuador.

Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long spoke of cooperation opportunities between Birmingham and Vietnam, especially its big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, in the fields of education-training, health care and culture, during his recent meeting with the city’s Lord Mayor Maureen Cornish.

Strong rice export demand coupled with waning supplies have caused prices to surge in the market since the beginning of 2023.

China officially imported its first batch of purple sweet potato from Vietnam through Shuikou Port in Longzhou County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on April 24.

Vietnamese firms are working to bring more products to the Japan to not only increase their presence at the over 125-million-strong market but also use their foothold there as a launch pad to reach other choosy markets in the world.