VOV.VN - Vietnam has not recorded any damage to export shipments to Israel despite rising military tensions in the Middle East, according to officials at a trade promotion conference held in Hanoi on March 12.

Vietnam collected VND70.085 trillion (US$2.66 billion) in state budget revenue from import – export activities in the first two months of 2026, fulfilling 15.5% of the annual target and marking a 12.3% increase from the same period last year, according to the Customs Department of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam National Industry - Energy Group (Petrovietnam), the country’s state-owned oil, gas, and energy conglomerate, has proposed that the government consider temporarily halting crude oil exports in order to prioritise domestic refining and safeguard the country’s energy security.

VOV.VN - After two years of implementing the programme to develop one million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice, rice production in the Mekong Delta is shifting toward greener practices, thereby opening opportunities to raise the value of rice exports.

Facing abundant global supply, high inventories in importing markets and mounting pressure from the upcoming Winter–Spring rice crop harvest, Vietnam’s rice sector is accelerating its shift toward high-quality exports in order to sustain growth and enhance value.

VOV.VN - Export activities for agricultural products and fresh fruits through the border gates of Lang Son province have quickly regained momentum following the Lunar New Year holiday.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s network of 17 free trade agreements (FTAs) has created plenty of room for export growth. However, the benefits of economic integration have yet to spread widely across the business community.

VOV.VN - Trade remedy cases against Vietnamese exports are increasing as the country deepens global economic integration and maintains strong export growth.

VOV.VN - The conflict in the Middle East has begun to exert indirect and multidimensional negative impacts on the production and import-export activities of Vietnamese enterprises as well as the wider Middle East region.

VOV.VN - European Union (EU) ambassadors and representatives have acknowledged Vietnam’s efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reaffirmed the country’s commitment to sustainable fisheries and closer cooperation with the EU.