VOV.VN - Vietnam posted a record export performance in 2025, with eight sectors generating more than US$10 billion each, underscoring the country’s growing role in global supply chains.

Vietnam now accounts for more than a quarter of the more than 75 million jobs tied to global supply chains in South-East Asia, underscoring the country’s expanding role in regional production networks, according to a newly released International Labour Organisation (ILO) report.

Southeast Asian ports, particularly those in Vietnam and Malaysia, are experiencing strong growth amid shifts in the global trade landscape triggered by additional tariffs on Chinese goods imposed by US President Donald Trump, according to Singapore-based maritimefairtrade.org.

VOV.VN - The Asia Fashion Show 2025 (AFS) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5, bringing together more than 200 companies and industry associations from Vietnam, China, Thailand, Malaysia, India and the Republic of Korea.

The Supporting Industry Exhibition and Supply Chain Linkage Forum 2025 opened on December 4 at the WTC EXPO in HCM City, gathering more than 200 enterprises, 60 industrial parks, and over 3,000 visitors from Vietnam and abroad.

Vietnam has highlighted its great potential to be a reliable link in the global Halal supply chain after actively taking part in the 11th World Halal Summit and the Halal Expo 2025 in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Vietnamese representatives participated in a forum held in the northern Italian port city of Genoa on December 1–2 to spotlight emerging opportunities for supply chain development between Asia and Europe against the backdrop of shifting global geopolitics, the rise of new economies, and the impact of US tariffs.

VOV.VN - The Korea Overseas Resources & Energy Industry Association (K-RESOURCES) on December 2 announced that it had held the inaugural meeting of the “Vietnam Mining Investment Consultative Mechanism” in Seoul.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will convene the third Vietnam Digital Industry and Trade Summit 2025 on December 3 in Hanoi, focusing on three key priorities: full digitalization of production and trade supply chains, broad application of emerging technologies, and promotion of green transformation in energy, logistics, and e-commerce.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has recently held a conference to implement the national logistics development strategy for 2025-2035, with a vision to 2050, the first of its kind with long-term and comprehensive scale and clear quantified targets.