Tra fish shipments give hope to aquatic product exports
Tra fish shipments give hope to aquatic product exports

Tra fish (pangasius) exports are likely to surpass US$2 billion for the first time this year, presenting an opportunity for Vietnam’s aquatic product exports to realise or even exceed its yearly goal of US$9 billion.

Tra fish shipments give hope to aquatic product exports
Rice exports to follow strong upward trend
Rice exports to follow strong upward trend

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s rice exports are likely to continue their vigorous growth in the late months of the year as the demand from China, the Republic of Korea (RoK), the Philippines and African countries is increasing.

Rice exports to follow strong upward trend
Aquatic product exports fetch US$5.5 billion in 8 months
Aquatic product exports fetch US$5.5 billion in 8 months

Export revenue of aquatic products in August hit US$739 million, pushing total earnings in the first eight months of 2018 to US$5.5 billion, up 5.3% year on year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Aquatic product exports fetch US$5.5 billion in 8 months
Glass product exports rake in US$592.8 million in 7 months
Glass product exports rake in US$592.8 million in 7 months

Vietnam’s export turnover from glass and glass products reached US$592.8 million in the first seven months of 2018, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.1%, according to the General Department of Customs. 

Glass product exports rake in US$592.8 million in 7 months
HCM City to determine key exports
HCM City to determine key exports

Identifying HCM City’s typical export products should not be based simply on their export volume or value or subjective decisions, but on careful analysis, experts have said.

HCM City to determine key exports
Vietnam’s farm produce struggles to overcome technical barriers
Vietnam’s farm produce struggles to overcome technical barriers

Vietnam misses many opportunities to export farm produce because of food safety requirements set by import countries.

Vietnam’s farm produce struggles to overcome technical barriers
Vietnam’s cotton imports surpass US$2 billion during Jan-Aug
Vietnam’s cotton imports surpass US$2 billion during Jan-Aug

Vietnam spent more than US$2 billion on importing cotton in the first eight months of 2018 – the biggest-ever spending of the garment and textile sector.

Vietnam’s cotton imports surpass US$2 billion during Jan-Aug
Agro-forestry-fishery exports generate US$25.7 billion in 8 months
Agro-forestry-fishery exports generate US$25.7 billion in 8 months

The agro-forestry-fishery sector raked in US$3.13 billion from exports in August, raising the total value in the first eight months of this year to US$25.7 billion, up 7.3% year-on-year. 

Agro-forestry-fishery exports generate US$25.7 billion in 8 months
Vegetable, fruit exports hit US$2.7 billion in eight months
Vegetable, fruit exports hit US$2.7 billion in eight months

Vietnam’s vegetable and fruit exports in August this year is estimated at US$346 million, pushing the total revenue in the first eight months of this year to US$2.7 billion, up 14.1% over the same period last year.

Vegetable, fruit exports hit US$2.7 billion in eight months
Import-export turnover hits over US$308 billion in eight months
Import-export turnover hits over US$308 billion in eight months

Vietnam’s total import-export value in the first eight months of this year reached more than US$308 billion, a year-on-year rise of 13%, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Import-export turnover hits over US$308 billion in eight months
New circular to help boost Vietnam-China border trade
New circular to help boost Vietnam-China border trade

A newly-issued circular on foreign exchange management is expected to promote border trade between Vietnam and China.

New circular to help boost Vietnam-China border trade
E-commerce helps SMEs boost online exports
E-commerce helps SMEs boost online exports

Vietnamese SMEs are using e-commerce to export products at reasonable costs.

E-commerce helps SMEs boost online exports
HCM City to hold second annual trade event in Laos
HCM City to hold second annual trade event in Laos

Ho Chi Minh City’s Investment and Trade Promotion Centre will organise the second HCM City Trade-Service-Tourism Promotion Conference in Savannakhet, Laos, in October to help Vietnamese businesses tap the Lao market and enhance co-operation between the two countries, a workshop heard on August 28.

HCM City to hold second annual trade event in Laos
Ho Chi Minh City, New Zealand boost trade
Ho Chi Minh City, New Zealand boost trade

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has expressed his wishes that New Zealand (NZ) makes it easier for Vietnamese goods, including those from Ho Chi Minh City, to access its market.

Ho Chi Minh City, New Zealand boost trade
Forestry exports estimated to exceed US$5.8 billion in 8 months
Forestry exports estimated to exceed US$5.8 billion in 8 months

The export value of forestry products is projected to hit US$5.858 billion between January and August this year, increasing 13% on year and accounting for 23% of Vietnam’s total agro-forestry-fishery export.

Forestry exports estimated to exceed US$5.8 billion in 8 months
Vietnam-India trade sees strong growth in 7 months
Vietnam-India trade sees strong growth in 7 months

Bilateral trade between Vietnam and India experienced a significant yearly increase of 50% to US$6.36 billion over the past seven months of 2018, statistics from the General Department of Customs showed.

Vietnam-India trade sees strong growth in 7 months
Lam Dong exports Laba banana to Japan
Lam Dong exports Laba banana to Japan

The first batch of Laba banana - a specialty of Vietnam’s Central Highland province of Lam Dong – has been exported to Japan.

Lam Dong exports Laba banana to Japan
Fruit and veg exports feel the pressure of US-China trade war
Fruit and veg exports feel the pressure of US-China trade war

VOV.VN - New measures are needed to respond to the challenges facing fruit and vegetable exports as a result of the antagonistic trade policies of the US and China.  

Fruit and veg exports feel the pressure of US-China trade war
Vietnam actively delivers Trade Facilitation Agreement commitments
Vietnam actively delivers Trade Facilitation Agreement commitments

Vietnam has actively taken actions to realise the World Trade Organisation’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) since it took effect on February 22, 2017, said deputy head of the General Department of Customs’ International Cooperation Department Nguyen Thi Viet Nga. 

Vietnam actively delivers Trade Facilitation Agreement commitments
Tra fish exports to US enjoys strong surge
Tra fish exports to US enjoys strong surge

Vietnam’s tra fish export turnover to the US surpassed that to China to hit US$58.5 million in July, making up 30% of the country’s total export value of tra fish. 

Tra fish exports to US enjoys strong surge
Vietnam’s steel exports rake in US$2.53 billion in 7 months
Vietnam’s steel exports rake in US$2.53 billion in 7 months

Vietnam’s steel exports rose 40.4% year on year to 3.41 million tonnes in the first seven months of the year, raking in US$2.53 billion, up 56.3%.

Vietnam’s steel exports rake in US$2.53 billion in 7 months
Trade surplus jumps to US$2.85 billion as exports surge
Trade surplus jumps to US$2.85 billion as exports surge

A surge in exports pushed Vietnam’s trade surplus to US$2.85 billion in the first seven months of this year, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Trade surplus jumps to US$2.85 billion as exports surge
Hoang Anh Gia Lai to expand banana farming for China export
Hoang Anh Gia Lai to expand banana farming for China export

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Agriculture Jsc is set to invest in another 5,000 hectares of land in Cambodia to grow bananas for export to China.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai to expand banana farming for China export
Vietnam’s trade deficit with Thailand to balloon
Vietnam’s trade deficit with Thailand to balloon

Vietnam-Thailand trade is likely to hit US$20 billion in 2020, but the target to keep the trade value in balance may not be met with Vietnam currently running huge trade deficit with the neighbouring country.

Vietnam’s trade deficit with Thailand to balloon
Vietnamese exporters required to be perfect to enter US market
Vietnamese exporters required to be perfect to enter US market

The Vietnamese exporters are required to be perfect when it comes to export to the US, a demanding market with stringent requirements, according to industry insiders. 

Vietnamese exporters required to be perfect to enter US market
Sharp rise in exports of industrial products to UK
Sharp rise in exports of industrial products to UK

VOV.VN - Exports of industrial products to the UK continued their strong upward trend over the first seven months of this year, with a more than four-fold increase in exports of electrical wires and cables compared to the same period last year.

Sharp rise in exports of industrial products to UK
Low-cost Thai, Indonesian autos flood into Vietnam
Low-cost Thai, Indonesian autos flood into Vietnam

Vietnam imported 1,287 automobiles of different kinds worth US$31.3 million from August 3-9, 81% of them were from Thailand and Indonesia, according to the General Department of Customs. 

Low-cost Thai, Indonesian autos flood into Vietnam
Tuna exports likely to hit US$500 million in 2018
Tuna exports likely to hit US$500 million in 2018

Vietnam’s tuna export revenue is likely to reach the target of US$500 million in 2018 as the figure already hit US$351 million in the first seven months of this year, while growth has been seen in the majority of markets.

Tuna exports likely to hit US$500 million in 2018
Farm produce exports to China face higher quality standards
Farm produce exports to China face higher quality standards

Vietnam’s agricultural and aquatic exports to China are likely to face higher quality requirements and stronger competition from other ASEAN exporters although China’s demand for these goods is still on the rise, heard a meeting on August 18.

Farm produce exports to China face higher quality standards
Top ten export products to July
Top ten export products to July

VOV.VN - Process manufacturing products played an important role in boosting the country’s exports over the first seven months of the year. Following are the top ten export products to July 2018.

Top ten export products to July
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