Vietnamese export turnover to Hungary has recorded impressive growth over recent years, with the total export turnover to the European nation in 2020 reaching US$1 billion, marking an eight-fold increase compared to 2016, according to Hungarian statistics.

High production input costs, plus logistics costs that have not shown any signs of "cooling down", are factors that have a strong impact on Vietnam's rice exports. However, rice exports are forecasted to be more prosperous in the second half of the year, helping to earn an export figure of over 6.4 million tons this year.

Seafood shipments overseas have risen in the first half of 2022, and experts say Tra fish exports can increase the market share in the EU, while that of shrimp has a lot of room for growth in Canada.

The US Department of Commerce has extended the time to consider requests for investigation of trade remedy tax evasion with respect to some steel pipe products imported from Vietnam for another 15 days.

The TRA has published its Report of Findings on the UK's steel safeguards measure and interim findings on a review of exceptions for developing countries

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued its final affirmative determinations in anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations of urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) imports from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago.

The demand for importing wooden furniture and interior decoration from Canada is quite large, but the proportion of Vietnamese goods in this market is still modest. It is forecast that Vietnamese furniture and interior decoration products still have many opportunities to boost exports to Canada, even through this "gateway" to penetrate the North American market.

Seafood exporters in Việt Nam may find the second half of 2022 a challenging period compared to the first due to slowing global economic growth, despite a successful first half of the year, according to a conference held by the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.