US emerges as largest consumer of Vietnamese pepper (07/01/2024)
The United States is Vietnam’s largest consumer of pepper, making up more than one fifth of the supplier’s total exports, according to the General Department of Customs.

Việt Nam, Laos vow to raise bilateral trade turnover by 10-15 per cent (07/01/2024)
Việt Nam and Laos have vowed to expand bilateral trade turnover in 2024 by 10-15 per cent compared to 2023, said Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone after the 46th meeting of the two countries’ Inter-Governmental Committee on Sunday.

Durian export aims for $3.5b this year as world gains taste for King of Fruits (05/01/2024)
Việt Nam’s durian export is heading for US$3.5 billion in revenue this year after jumping by 5 times to finish at more than $2 billion in 2023.

Farm produce exports to top $26bln by 2030 (05/01/2024)
Government approves national strategy on crop cultivation development.

VN pepper exports rake in US$912 million last year (05/01/2024)
Vietnam exported 267,000 tonnes of pepper worth US$912 million last year, representing an increase of 16.6% in volume, but a decrease of 6.0% in value compared to figures from 2022, according to details given by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam strives to have livestock product export value of $1-1.5 billion by 2025 (04/01/2024)
Vietnam strives to achieve a value of livestock product export value of around US$1-1.5 billion by 2025.

VN seaport industry faces potential risks despite gradual recovery in 2024 (04/01/2024)
Regarding the shipping industry as a whole, Tien Phong Securities Company believes that the outlook for 2024 will be more positive due to the gradual cooling down of global inflationary pressures and an increase in demand for goods transportation.

2024 remains challenging for wood sector: experts (03/01/2024)
The year 2024 is forecast to remain a challenging year for wood industry, given several issues affecting the sustainability of production and export, according to experts.

FDI firms power Vietnam’s exports (03/01/2024)
Foreign firms contributed 259.95 billion USD or 73.1% of Vietnam’s total export revenue in 2023, statistics show.

Vietnam targets 2 billion USD in tra fish exports in 2024 (03/01/2024)
Vietnam aims to produce 1.7 million tonnes of commercial tra fish and earn 2 billion USD from exporting the products in 2024, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

Vietnam targets agricultural exports of $26B by 2030 (03/01/2024)
Vietnam targets exports of agricultural produce such as fruits, rice, cashew, and timber worth over US$26 billion a year by 2030.

Bottlenecks block rice value chain (02/01/2024)
Experts have pointed out 10 problems that are hindering the development of the rice value chain, though Vietnam has great advantages for production.

Durian plays vital role on country’s total export turnover in 2023 (02/01/2024)
With a total export turnover of up to US$2.2 billion, Vietnam’s durian export boomed in 2023, bringing a good harvest season for durian farmers and exporters.

Vietnam’s import-export turnover falls short of 700-billion-USD mark (02/01/2024)
Vietnam’s good imports and exports in 2023 have fallen short of the 700-billion-USD mark achieved in the previous year, estimating at 683 billion USD, down 6.6% year on year.

VN has great potential as emerging link in global supply chain (02/01/2024)
Amazon’s Vice President Eric Broussard said global retail e-commerce has opened up many opportunities and created a new movement for sellers from many countries, including Vietnam.

Mobile phones, electronic products rake in over US$100 bln in export turnover (29/12/2023)
Mobile phones and components, computers, electronic products and spare parts have become the two largest foreign currency earners, bringing in more than US$50 billion each as of mid-December, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Nearly 7,000 planting area codes granted for fresh fruit exports (29/12/2023)
The Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced that to date it has coordinated with importing countries to issue 6,997 growing area codes and 1,613 packaging facility codes for export.

Recommendations for food businesses when exporting to Singapore (29/12/2023)
The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that according to a press release from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), the private company Viet-Sin Grocery, registered for business in Singapore since 2020, has been fined SGD$36,000 on the grounds of illegally operating two cold storage warehouses and illegally importing some meat and seafood products from Việt Nam.

Vietnamese durian exports reel in about 2.22 billion USD (29/12/2023)
Vietnam has shipped approximately 2.22 billion USD worth of durian products overseas in 2023, with increasing demand noticed in non-traditional markets.

Việt Nam reaches record trade surplus in 2023 (29/12/2023)
Việt Nam this year continued to achieve a trade surplus for the eighth consecutive year, being estimated at US$26 billion, three times higher than in 2022. This is a trade surplus record for many years.