Digital transformation, creating suitable designs and recycling clothes are now proving to be important target activities for the garment and textile industry towards a circular economy and sustainability.

The European Commission renewed the anti-dumping measures on imports of stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welding fittings (“SSTPF”) from China and Taiwan for another five years.

Shrimp prices in the world market have gradually decreased since the end of 2022. For instance, at the end of February 2023, the price of Indian shrimp was at VNĐ110,000 (US$4.53) per kilo.

Despite enduring a decline in key seafood exports during the first quarter of the year, there are positive signs ahead for Vietnamese aquatic products in the UK, Japan, Germany, and Israel, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The US Department of Commerce (USDOC) preliminarily determined that imports of circular welded carbon quality steel pipes, completed in Vietnam using China-origin hot-rolled steel, are circumventing the anti-dumping (AD) duty and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on circular welded carbon quality steel pipes from China.

According to customs data, Vietnam’s export of timber and timber products reached 2.88 billion USD in the first quarter of 2023, down 28.3% from the same period last year.

Australia has so far opened its market for four kinds of fresh fruit from Vietnam - dragon fruit, lychee, mango and longan, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Việt Nam has been focusing on exporting fruits rather than meet domestic demand, leading to a monopoly by imports, analyst said.