Bilateral trade turnover between Vietnam and the Czech Republic in the first half of 2018 recorded an expansion of nearly 14% compared to the same period last year, marking a successively stable growth rate of over 10% per year since 2015. 

Tra fish exports to the European Union (EU) have recovered following incorrect news published by overseas media, said General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP) Truong Dinh Hoe. 

Cement exports in the first seven months of the year registered impressive growth, with 17.65 million tonnes sold for US$656.3 million, year-on-year increases of 63.2% in volume and 73.4% in value.

Cassava exports in the first seven months of the year reached 1.6 million tonnes with a value of US$580 million, a year-on-year decline of 24% in volume but a surge of 12.5% in value, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of US$3.03 billion with Hong Kong (China) in the first half of 2018, a year-on-year increase of 14.6%, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has issued a directive on enhancing State management of scrap imports in order to implement the Prime Minister’s guidelines on strengthening the management of the import and use of scrap.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers Argentina one of its most important trade partners in Latin America with two-way trade turnover increasing year by year from US$2.3 billion in 2015 to US$2.9 billion in 2016 and reaching around US$3.5 billion in 2017.  

The average export price of Vietnamese rubber fell in tandem with the global price, affected by the escalating US-China trade war, according to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority (AgroTrade) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Over the past years, the forestry industry has established itself as an important economic sector of the country. Notably, wood and wood products have become the sixth biggest currency earner of Vietnam, making the country the largest exporter of the products in ASEAN, second in Asia and fifth in the world.

It has become more difficult to export steel products to large markets amid the strong rise of protectionism. Steel manufacturers have been advised to protect and exploit the domestic market, which is full of potential.