VOV.VN - Vietnam spent a total of US$480.32 million on importing meat and meat products during the first five months of the year, representing a rise of 1.6% in volume but a fall of 9.1% in value compared to the same period from last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has highlighted economic and trading co-operation as an important pillar in the bilateral relationship between Vietnam and Switzerland, outlining that there is plenty of room for further development in the time ahead.

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).

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.

The EU's ban on deforestation-linked imports are causing concern among Vietnamese producers as the requirements to trace commodities back to their origin can push up costs and entail finding alternative suppliers.

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.

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.

VOV.VN - The Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC) and the Vietnamese Trade Office in China on June 16 co-hosted a seminar on improving the quality of food products exported to the China, the biggest export market of Vietnam.

The European Union (EU) has decided to extend tariffs and quotas on various types of steel imports from Vietnam until the end of June 2024.

The State budget's revenues from export-import activities hit over VND152.94 trillion (US$6.5 billion) in the first five months of this year, making up 36% of the estimate, down 18% year on year, the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) reported on June 7.