The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has urged domestic enterprises to maintain strict quality control of aquatic products exported to China amidst the fast growth of tra fish export to this market recently. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 1.6 million tons of agricultural products to China through the Lang Son border gate and imported 200,000 tons of similar products via the channel during the first half of this year, according to the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Domestic businesses recorded a 19.9% rise in their exports over the first half of 2018, higher than the export growth rate among FDI firms of 14.5%, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The Vietnam Timber and Forest Production Association (VIFORES) has called on the forestry industry to keep a close eye on US-China trade war developments in order to be able to respond quickly. 

Kien Giang wants to ship more of its products around the world.

More and more businesses are exporting livestock and poultry meat, opening up great prospects for the livestock sector.

Vietnam has made it onto the list of the world’s five biggest textile exporters and producers, with textile and garment export turnover hitting US$16 billion in the first half of 2018, up more than 14% year-on-year. 

VOV.VN - Despite a decrease in export volume, the average price of exported tea has been on the rise across most markets in the first months of 2018.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang earned over US$388.3 million from its exports in the first half of this year, up 10.5% year on year, said Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade Vo Nguyen Nam. 

Vietnam splashed out US$790 million to import 2.43 million tonnes of fertiliser in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 21.8% in value and 1.2% in volume.