VOV.VN - Nigeria has become a potential commercial market for Vietnam in Africa as Vietnam is running a huge trade surplus with the market, focusing on such staple items as transportation vehicles, computers and electronic products.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese businesses need to closely coordinate with their partners and engage in value chains of the Republic of Korea (RoK) through distribution channels while paying heed to product patterns, packaging and labels towards building Vietnamese brands more well-known to the Korean market.

Thailand exported 9.22 million tons of rice from 1 January to 31 October 2017. With this export volume, it has become the world’s largest rice exporter. Coming after Thailand are India, Vietnam, and Pakistan.

The export value of fruits and vegetables hit US$292 million in November, bringing the 11-month figure to US$3.16 billion, up 43.2% annually, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

Export value of aquatic products is estimated at US$728 million in November, bringing the 11-month value to US$7.57 billion, up 18.3% annually, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam is viewed as a lucrative market for Argentinean businesses to have easier access to Vietnam’s export products, thereby providing a wealth of opportunities for businesses from both nations to increase connectivity and bilateral trade exchanges.

VOV.VN - Polish President Andrzej Duda has described a Vietnam-Poland Economic Forum, held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30, as one of the most important events of his ongoing visit to Vietnam.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), set to be signed next year, will benefit both sides, a workshop heard in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28.

The export turnover of Vietnamese timber and timber products is estimated to hit US$8 billion this year, 10% higher than the target, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported at a meeting on sustainable forestry development held in Hanoi on November 28.

Italy wants to boost its investment in Vietnam, focusing on providing advanced technology equipment at competitive prices, while supporting the country’s sustainable development with infrastructure and renewable energy projects, said Ivan Scalfarotto, Italian Deputy Minister of Economic Development.

Vietnam's export turnover of agro-forestry-aquatic products reached US$33.14 billion during the January-November period, representing a rise of 13.8% over the same period last year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - Eleven Argentinean businesses trading in beef, goat meat, pork, seafood, cereals, and soya beans will attend meetings with prospective Vietnamese partners in Ho Chi Minh City on November 29 and in Hanoi on December 1.

The export turnover of Vietnamese footwear products hit US$11.82 billion in the first ten months of 2017, up 13% year-on-year.

Ho Chi Minh City is likely to achieve export value of US$35.2 billion this year, a 15.1% increase from last year, and imports of US$43.1 billion, a 13.2% rise.

Vietnamese consumption trend, potential customers and competitive capacity of Italian businesses were discussed at a conference held in Turin, the capital city of the Piedmont region in northwest Italy on November 24.

Though Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable industry is growing, its exports still account for less than 1 percent of the global market, indicating the need for the processing industry to upgrade its facilities and practices, experts said at a recent seminar in Hanoi.

A seminar to promote trade and exports to the Middle East and Africa was held in Hanoi on November 22. 

The southernmost province of Ca Mau is striving to achieve its goal of earning US$1.1 billion from exporting aquatic products this year. 

Vietnamese leather and footwear exporters must comply with the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement’s rules of origin and be prepared to deal with EU barriers and anti-dumping measures, speakers said at a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 17.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City exported 16.2 million ornamental fish, earning nearly US$18 million in nine months leading up to later October, showing respective increases of 15% and 21% against the same period last year according to the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam is participating in the 37th India International Trade Fair (IITF) held in New Delhi as a partner country.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 43,000 tons of sugar to 28 markets, earning more than US$20.6 million to the end of September, said Pham Quoc Doanh, President of Vietnam Sugarcane and Sugar Association.

VOV.VN - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it initiated anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into copper pipe fittings imported from Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Initiatives for promoting investment and trade ties between Vietnam and Canada were discussed at a Vietnam business forum held on October 26 in Toronto, Canada.

VOV.VN - Vietnam imported more than 1 million tons of coal in September, bringing the total import volume in the first nine months of this year to 10.4 million tons with a value of US$1.03 billion, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Paper imports in September dropped 8.9% in volume to 145,700 tons and 5% in value to US$129.1 million compared to August. This is the fourth consecutive month that paper imports saw a decline.

VOV.VN - Exports of ten key groups of products made up over US$111 billion out of the two country’s total export value of US$154.3 billion in the first three quarters of this year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam enjoyed a US$24.1 billion trade surplus with the US during the first nine months of this year, equal to 78% of the country’s total exports to the market, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Coffee exports dropped 20.5% in volume in the first nine months of this year, but the value still inched up 1.3% to US$2.55 billion as export prices were on the increase, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - The southernmost province of Ca Mau earned more than US$750 million from shrimp exports in nine months up to October, up 12% over the same period last year and reaching 70% of this year’s plan, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade (DoIT).