China, the US and Japan were the three largest importers of Vietnam’s fishery products in the first quarter of this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Industrial and export processing zones in Ho Chi Minh City attracted US$191.93 million in investment in the first quarter, equivalent to 34.9% of the target for 2024 and 112.12% higher than the figure in the same period last year, the HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA) reported on April 12.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference in Hanoi on April 11 to popularise new contents in regulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention and combat prescribed in newly-issued legal documents.

VOV.VN - The US remains Vietnam’s largest cashew export market, recording 39,142 tonnes of exports worth more than US$208 million in the first quarter of the year, according to figures released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam shipped 499,786 tonnes of fertilizer abroad during the first quarter of the year for more than US$207 million, marking a year-on-year increase of 23.3% in volume and 13.1% in value, as reported by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

There remains ample room for Vietnam's exports to China and the growth will be directly proportional to the quality improvement of products by domestic enterprises, according to Dau tu (Investment) Newspaper.

Vietnam kept its export growth momentum in the Indian market in 2023 after two-way trade hit a record high of US$15 billion in 2022, Vietnamese trade counsellor in India Bui Trung Thuong told the Vietnam News Agency.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s anise exports to the Indian market in March skyrocketed by 178% compared to the previous month with 645 tonnes, accounting for a proportion of nearly 65%, according to statistics released by the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported more than 2.1 million tonnes of rice worth nearly US$1.4 billion during the first quarter of the year, representing an increase of about 42% against the same period from last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s squid and octopus exports in the first quarter of the year are estimated at about US$136 million, suffering a slight decrease of 2% against the same period from last year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).