VOV.VN - Vietnam’s seafood exports in October are estimated to reach more than US$1 billion, representing a sharp rise of 28% against the same period last year for the first time since June 2022, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnamese businesses have secured three rice lots totalling 85,000 tonnes, representing 17% of Indonesia's massive 500,000-tonne rice tender in October, according to the rice market news site SSRicenews.

A sharp rise in export prices has been the major reason behind a surge in the export revenue of Vietnamese coffee sector so far, according to the Vietnam Coffee-Cocoa Association (Vicofa).

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has nine coconut growing areas with a total area of over 1,240 hectares and two packaging facilities that have qualified to export fresh coconuts to China, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Due to market challenges and internal factors within the industry, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam predicts that Vietnam’s handicraft export value in 2024 might only reach about US$2 billion.

The visits to three Middle East countries by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh from October 27 to November 1 are hoped to create new momentum to promote trade relations between the parties, while opening up many new aspects of cooperation in the coming time.

VOV.VN - Vietnam remains among the countries with the largest seafood market share in Singapore and for the first time, Vietnamese seafood has maintained its 5th position for three consecutive quarters, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in the island-city state.

A ceremony was held in the northern province of Tuyen Quang’s Yen Son district on October 25 afternoon to launch the first export batch of almost 8,000 Soi Ha pomelos to the UK.

An exhibition promoting export-oriented OCOP (One Commune One Product) items is set to run from October 31 to November 4, at Grand World Square in Vinhomes Ocean Park 3, the northern province of Hung Yen, heard an October 25 press briefing.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese exports to the United States fetched US$88.1 billion during the past nine months of the year, up 25.4% against the same period from last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.