2021 was a very difficult year for Vietnam's textile and garment industry, when it was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to supply disruptions, closures of many enterprises, and event bankruptcy. Thanks to the flexibility in applying solutions to maintain production and promote exports, garment and textile enterprises have gradually overcome difficulties and achieved their set goals.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today continued its finding made on March 29, 2016, in inquiry NQ-2015-002, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of carbon and alloy steel line pipe from the People’s Republic of China.

Shrimp export value exceeded 3.8 billion USD in 2021, up 3 percent from 2020 and making up around 45 percent of Vietnam’s earnings from the export of fishery products, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Trade between Vietnam and the UK reached over 6 billion USD as of November 2021, up 17 percent year on year, with Vietnam enjoying surplus of 4.46 billion USD, the General Department of Vietnam Customs reported.

Vietnam's 2021 coffee export revenue is estimated at over 3 billion USD despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an industry official

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has decided not to initiate an investigation into the alleged circumvention of anti-dumping duties by Vietnam’s corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) made from cold rolled steel (CRS) and hot rolled steel (HRS) imported from Japan.

Vietnam’s seafood sector in 2021 was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic but, with the bold efforts of farmers, producers and relevant agencies, the sector still met its export target, especially in maintaining exports to key markets.

Maurice Greig might have expected a well-deserved Christmas break, having spent 2021 grappling with the post-Brexit bureaucracy now needed to export his bespoke men’s accessories to the EU.