VOV.VN - Although Vietnamese import and export activities in 2023 have yet to record a strong recovery, the decline has narrowed significantly, a factor which will serve as a premise for prosperity in the year ahead.

Vietnam would import 71,835 tonnes of raw tobacco under tariff quota for 2024 set in a freshly issued circular by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VOV.VN - Vietnam still enjoyed a trade surplus of US$28 billion despite a fall in trade exchanges in 2023, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said in a report released in Hanoi on December 29.

VOV.VN - Domestic enterprises imported a total of 9.4 million tonnes of petrol, oil, and other petroleum products worth US$7.8 billion over the past 11 months of the year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam spent approximately US$86.786 million on importing 3,416 completely built unit (CBU) cars in mid-December, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Japan is Vietnam’s leading important partner, affirmed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his meeting with Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ken Saito at a meeting in Tokyo on December 16.

VOV.VN - Thailand has topped the list of suppliers of cars to Vietnam over the past 11 months, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Customs clearance for import-export activities through the Na Nua – Nahua border gate pair in Vietnam’s northern Lang Son province and China’s Guangxi province was resumed from December 14 after a nearly-four-year halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam spent more than US$3 billion purchasing nearly 2.7 million tonnes of unprocessed cashew nuts between January and November 2023, up 19.2% and 46.5% respectively, according to the General Department of Customs.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has asked stakeholders to speed up progress, complete procedures for importing electricity and coal, and build new transmission lines from Laos to Vietnam.