VOV.VN - Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of US$12.25 billion between January and June, 10 times higher than the figure recorded in the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Vietnam is seeing exponential growth in demand for Korean cosmetics, according to The Korea Herald.

There remained big challenges in Vietnam's exports to China, as the market has been and will continue to impose higher requirements on both export and import standards, said Tran Quang Huy, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia-Africa Market Department.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese shrimp exports are anticipated to rebound from the third quarter of the year to make up for a prolonged drop from August 2022, said Truong Dinh Hoe, general secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Although the demand for building steel rose by more than 26% in May compared to the previous month, steel prices decreased for the 10th month, and steelmakers expected the struggle to continue.

The shrimp industry needs a general solution from the production of shrimp seeds to the processing stage to achieve this year's shrimp export target.

VOV.VN - Continued weak external demand coupled with global uncertainties are adversely affecting the Vietnamese economy, translating into contraction in both imports and exports, as well as a slowdown in industrial production, said the World Bank in its Vietnam Macro Monitoring, June edition.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese durian exports reached US$503.4 million during the opening five months of the year, representing an 18-fold rise compared to the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The number of enterprises exporting goods to China via Mong Cai International Border gate in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh increased to 694 in the first half of this year, 70% higher than that of the same period last year.

A number of global semiconductor manufacturers are increasing their presence in Vietnam, making the Southeast Asian country a rising star in the world semiconductor market.