The Vietnam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters forecasts that seafood exports would increase by an average of 7% yearly between 2021 and 2025, reaching US$12 billion in 2025.

VOV.VN - Bilateral trade turnover between Vietnam and Laos reached over US$671 million during the first half of this year, representing a rise of 36.5% compared to the same period from last year.

VOV.VN - The country recorded a trade deficit of more than US$3 billion between the beginning of the year and mid-July, according to details given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has just proposed to increase export tax on gold products of less than 95% purity to 2% from 0%.

VOV.VN - The first half of the year saw Vietnam record 25 commodities with export turnover of over US$1 billion each, making up 88.9% of the total, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Export turnover in agriculture, forestry and fisheries reached US$24.23 billion in the first half of 2021, up 28.2% year-on-year.

VOV.VN - With total import and export turnover of goods surging by 32.2% to US$316.73 billion in the first half of the year, Vietnam is likely to gross US$600 billion in import-export turnover throughout the year, according to industry insiders.

VOV.VN - The opening half of 2021 witnessed Vietnamese import-export turnover reach US$316.73 billion, marking an increase of 32.2% compared to the same period from last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Ho Chi Minh City exports were up 5.1% and imports saw a surge of 26% in the first half of this year as compared to the same period in 2020, resulting in a trade surplus of US$4.53 billion, according to the municipal Statistic Office.

Vietnam shipped overseas US$130.94 billion worth of goods in the first five months of 2021, up 30.7% annually, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).