With a number of export orders worth billions of US$ received during the first months of the year, there remains plenty of room for fruit and vegetable exports this year, according to details given by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

In recent years, the two-way trade between Israel and Vietnam has shown promising growth, and the upcoming Vietnam-Israel Free Trade Agreement (VIFTA) is expected to further enhance it. We take a brief look at the current state of trade between these two countries and the potential benefits of this agreement.

The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on April 19 shipped the first batch of sweet potatoes weighing 28 tonnes to China.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of the Philippines has initiated a safeguard investigation on imported liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) steel cylinders, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) under the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.

According to statistics of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas), the export of garment and textile products decreased by more than 19 per cent to US$8.7 billion in the first quarter of this year, a disappointing result compared to the same period in the past ten years.

Although many solutions have been applied to increase exports in niche markets, such as strategy alternation to target close markets, and quality product launching, seafood enterprises still face many problems.

The Vietnamese agriculture sector expects the United States to allow two more types of fruits to enter the market, increasing the total number of fruits exported to this country to nine.

Because many key export products had a decrease in export value compared to the same period last year, the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the first quarter was only estimated at 11.19 billion USD, down 14.4% over the same period last year.