Exports

Over the past 20 years Việt Nam has embraced trade and successfully integrated into key global value chains. Việt Nam’s gross exports have expanded at an average rate of 18 per cent over the past decade, when overall global trade expanded at just 3.5 per ...

Vietnam’s exports have become more sophisticated with an impressive diversification of exports and increases in higher-value manufacturing exports, according to a recent World Bank report.The report found that manufacturing exports now accounted for about 85 per cent of total exports, up from 65 per cent in ...

Việt Nam ranked ninth out of 20 economies in the Sustainable Trade Index 2018 released by the Hinrich Foundation last week, up up two points in comparison with 2016’s result. The report was developed by the non-profit foundation Hinrich Foundation and British research and analysis firm The Economist ...

Lack of attention to registering brand names and geographical indications is causing difficulties to Vietnamese agricultural products, which are sometimes shut out of other markets after their names are usurped by others.Keep reading ...

Vietnam’s trade as a percentage of GDP topped 200 percent last year, highest for any country with over 50 million people. This data, compiled by the World Bank, shows that the country is reaping the benefits of an open economy at a time that protectionism ...

The U.S. president’s decision on imposing tariffs on $189 billion worth of imports from China, including wood furniture and auto spare parts, will cause a lot of difficulties to Vietnam’s rubber sector, according to the Vietnam Rubber Association.Keep reading  ...

According to a new governmental decree, rice-exporting businesses will no longer be required to own rice storage, paddy milling and grinding facilities with processing capacities of 5,000 tonnes of rice and 10 tonnes of paddy per hour, respectively.The change comes thanks to a new Decree ...

Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia risk incurring serious damage from the spiralling trade war between the United States and China, with Hanoi the most exposed because of its high level of exports, according to analysis by FT Confidential Research.Keep reading ...

The ongoing US-China trade war will greatly impact the structure of the world economy in the future, causing damage but also generating indirect opportunities for countries where the economy relies heavily on agricultural production like Việt Nam.Keep reading   ...

Domestic enterprises need to take preventive measures to avoid losing export markets in the near future as there is a rising trend among some nations to strengthen trade protectionism for their domestic industries by applying trade defense measures.Keep reading ...