The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has issued a Directive urging stronger state management over the inspection and supervision of product origin, a move described as both timely and essential to protect the reputation of Vietnamese goods in the context that import markets are tightening rules of goods origin.

VOV.VN - Thanks to the positive results recorded in leveraging tariff preferences from free trade agreements (FTAs) in 2024, authorised agencies and organisations have issued approximately 1.8 million preferential Certificates of Origin (C/O) for exports valued at over US$100 billion, according to the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has joined 20 free trade agreements (FTAs), including 16 FTAs that have already been implemented, heard a conference held on January 6 in Hanoi to review activities and devise orientations for the year ahead by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - The rate of using preferential Certificates of Origin (C/O) under Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) issued since 2020 has surged by about 20% annually, with the figure expected to rise by 18% this year, according to details given by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Economic diplomacy has truly become a key component in all external affairs, especially high-level diplomacy, contributing effectively to implemeting strategic breakthroughs, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

From being a minor exporter prior to 2013, Vietnam rose to number eleven in the global rankings of top exporters by 2023, emerging as a surprise player in global trade.

VOV.VN - As of mid-October, Vietnam’s totalimport-export turnover surpassed the US$600 billion mark, reaching US$610.56 billion, with a trade surplus of US$21.24 billion.

VOV.VN - A thematic conference on international treaties and free trade agreements (FTAs) for the Central Highlands provinces was held by the National Assembly (NA)'s Committee for Foreign Affairs on September 30 in Da Nang.

VOV.VN - With local businesses taking full advantage of various free trade agreements (FTAs), the leather and footwear industry is projected to fulfill the export goal of between US$26 billion and US$27 billion this year, according to details given by insiders.

The Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which took effect on August 1, 2020, has marked significant progress in bilateral trade, increasing Vietnam's exports to Europe from EUR35 billion (nearly US$39 billion) in 2019 to over EUR48 billion in 2023.