Vietnamese apparel firms have been busy so far this year to complete orders, toward achieving the goal of earning about 47 billion USD from export this year on the back of incentives brought about by free trade agreements that already took effect.

On 17 February 2023, the Commission has terminated an ongoing expiry review investigation concerning anti-dumping measures on imports of hot-rolled flat steel products from Ukraine

On February 13, 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam issued Decision No. 235/QD-BCT on the application of official anti-dumping measures to table and chair products from China and Malaysia.

Currently, only 22 Vietnamese enterprises are licensed to export rice to China with a certain quota.

Orders for fruits and vegetables have outnumbered those for other agricultural products so far this year, signalling a bright outlook in the time to come.

Vietnam is currently the fifth largest tea supplier to the United States, with the North American country aiming to increase tea imports from the Vietnamese market and reduce tea imports from others.

Despite experiencing a sharp decline in the last quarter of 2022 and the first month of 2023, tra fish (pangasius) exports still see bright outlook this year, according to insiders.

Industry insiders have shown their confidence in exporting 4 billion USD worth of fruits and vegetables this year given rosy signs recorded recently.