On China-US trade, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday that human rights are one of the centerpieces of the Biden administration's trade policy, and "forced labor" functions as a "very crude subsidy" that gives China an unfair trade advantage.

The foreign investment consulting firm Dezan Shira & Associates’ Vietnam Briefing website has published an analysis on a trend of increasing EU investment in Vietnam and the reasons why the nation has become a formidable competitor in attracting foreign investment in Southeast Asia.

Since the beginning of the year, Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports have reached US$1.35 billion, up 9.5% over the same period last year, including many high potential markets.

A survey has found 66 percent of German businesses in Vietnam expecting economic improvement in the country this year, up 20 percentage points from last year.

Vietnam posted solid export performance in the first quarter of 2021, and at such a growth speed, its export turnover is likely to hit 600 billion USD for the whole year, experts have said.

The important issue is to have long-term solutions to balance supply-demand and enhance production capabilities of local steel firms, said an expert.

Vietnamese rice exporters have been urged to play a more active role in utilising free trade agreements (FTAs) to which Vietnam is a party to boost falling exports.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States will not leave Australia alone in the face of economic coercion from China, and that such behaviour toward US allies will hamper improvement in US-Sino relations.

South Korea and Israel on Wednesday signed a free trade agreement (FTA) centered on broadening economic ties, a move that could help Asia’s No. 4 economy speed up exports of cars and auto parts.

With a foreign trade volume of about US$41.3 billion, the EU is currently among Vietnam’s largest trading partners: according to the European Commission, Vietnam is the EU’s 16th-largest trade partner and within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)