Vietnam serves as chair of the sessions on food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary measures during this time’s negotiations on the upgrade of the ASEAN - China Free Trade Area (ACFTA), expected to further facilitate Vietnam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s exports to China.

With a positive economic outlook, the Ministry of Industry and Trade aims to increase exports by 6% in 2024, running a trade surplus for nine years in a row, estimated at US$15 billion.

VOV.VN - Weak market demand coupled with stricter regulations remain the main barriers to the Vietnamese tea processing industry when it tries to gain a strong foothold in foreign markets.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's tuna exports to Canada enjoyed constant growth during the final months of 2023, reaching an 11-month export turnover of more than US$772 million, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has reported.

Vietnam’s trade sector harvested inspiring achievements in 2023, being listed in the top 20 nations in trade scale.

VOV.VN - Based on the GDP growth rate in 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has set a target of increasing export turnover this year by roughly 6%, equivalent to US$377 billion, with the trade balance maintaining a surplus of about US$15 billion.

VOV.VN - The management board of the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (Hepza) has set a target of attracting US$550 million in investment capital this year, averaging at US$8.5 million per ha.

VOV.VN - With the Philippines expected to import between 3.5 million and four million tonnes of rice this year, there are bright prospects ahead for Vietnamese rice exports to the market, according to Phung Van Thanh, Vietnamese Trade Counselor in the Philippines.

Nearly 3,000 Vietnamese firms have received codes granted by China, enabling them to export farm produce and food products to the Chinese market.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese expatriates tend to send home remittances due to global geopolitical insecurities, with the amount expected to rise sharply in the coming days ahead of the lunar New Year festival.