Businesses need to carefully learn about customs and consumption trends in Africa and the Middle East when they want to expand exports, particularly Halal products, to the market, heard a conference on July 12.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 142,586 tonnes of pepper of all kinds worth US$634.2 million during the first half of the year, marking a drop of 6.8% in volume but a rise of 30.5% in value on-year, according to statistics released by the Vietnam Pepper and Spice Association (VPSA).

The Malaysian Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) on July 11 announced that the country has secured potential exports worth RM3.3 billion (about US$717 million) to Vietnam.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore has advised Vietnamese exporters to carefully study and keep updated on new regulations in Singapore, a market that is becoming more cautious in trade policy, in order to further exploit this market.

The import - export turnover between Vietnam and China is predicted to approximate and even exceed US$200 billion in 2024, driven by strong trade improvement in the first half of the year.

VOV.VN - The Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups on July 10 signed a deal with Lotte Mart and Lotte Global Logistics in Seoul to assist Korean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in exporting products to the Vietnamese market.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported more than 2,520 tonnes of meat and meat products for US$9.84 million in May, representing increases of 84.2% in volume and 52.8% in value compared to May last year, and marking a third monthly increase in a row.

VOV.VN - The first half of the year saw timber and wood product exports estimated to reach US$7.4 billion, up 22.2% over the same period from last year.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese exports to 27 markets within the EU bloc bounced back in the first half of the year with turnover of US$24.5 billion, according to details given by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese tuna exports to the Italian market reached nearly US$15 million during the past five months of the year, representing three-digit growth against the same period from last year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.