VOV.VN - The agricultural sector is expected to meet its set target of earning US$44 billion from exports this year following its impressive performance over the past nine months despite the negative COVID-19 impact.

VOV.VN - Despite experiencing a downward trajectory in August and September, the nation’s timber and wood exports to Japan during the opening nine months of the year surged 10% to reach US$1.02 billion against the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam’s largest steelmaker Hoa Phat Group has said its steel exports in September doubled compared to the previous month, hitting a record high of nearly 50,000 tonnes.

VOV.VN - Despite the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic Vietnam raked in more than US$32.5 million from shrimp exports to Russia during the past nine months, up 51% year on year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 79,900 tonnes of tea, worth US$133 million during the opening eight months of the year, down 5.6% in volume and 1.4% in value year on year, according to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's cement export volume during the eight-month period saw an annual surge of 12% to reach 27.23 million tonnes, with China, the Philippines, and Bangladesh representing the country’s three largest export markets for cement and clinker, according to the Ministry of Construction.

Processing industry contributed 86.27% to the total export revenue of the country in the first nine months of 2021, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam has set a target of amending the Law on Foreign Trade Management and relevant legal documents related to trade remedies or building a Law on Trade Remedies by 2030.

Vietnam and the US have reached an agreement on illegal logging and timber trade that will avoid hefty tariffs on Vietnamese timber exports, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam’s aquatic products have gained the favour of Australian consumers, Secretary of the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Andrew Metcalfe told a workshop on October 1.