Vietnam’s exports to many Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia have grown strongly recently and are predicted to continue the upward trend in 2018.

Vietnam exported over one billion pairs out of 23 billion pairs of shoes sold worldwide in 2017, continuing to maintain the second position (after China) in shoes export.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is efficiently implementing many regional and bilateral free trade agreements pursuant to the national policy of global integration. The FTAs have expanded Vietnam’s export markets and improved its export values, economic structure, and competitiveness.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s imports of milk and dairy products rose by 1.59% to US$865.4 million in 2017, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Exports of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam increased impressively in 2017, making its trade surplus with the Southeast Asian country surpassing that with the United States.

The northern province of Phu Tho has outlined plans to bolster exports in 2018 by focusing on trade promotion and building trademarks for local staples, said Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen Manh Hung.

VOV.VN - The value of trade between Vietnam and the Southeast Asia region increased 18.8% to US$49.4 billion last year, of which exports accounted for US$21.7 billion (up 10.4%) and imports US$27.7 billion, up 14.9% on the previous year. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s fisheries sector will focus on high-tech farming of shrimp and tra fish to get an export revenue of US$9 billion in 2018.

VOV.VN - It is not difficult for the footwear industry to fulfil the target of US$20 billion export value this year, says Nguyen Duc Thuan, chairman of Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso).

The southeastern province of Dong Nai achieved a record trade surplus of US$2.17 billion last year, the highest recorded in the country, according to the provincial People’s Committee.