The enforcement of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in 2019 served to turn Canada into a ‘billion-dollar’ export market for the local textile and garment industry.

The CEO of food producer Cranswick was against Brexit, but can now see the opportunities for trade with far flung countries.

The impressive export surplus year 2020 has ended, but both State management agencies and experts think we should not be too happy. The most important thing in 2021 and beyond is to look at shortcomings to overcome and promote the export of goods more strongly and sustainably.

In 2020, Asia continued to be the region with the largest import and export activities of Vietnam.

India and the EU have discussed holding regular interactions for re-initiation of the bilateral trade and investment agreement (India-EU BTIA) with an interim agreement, to start with, according to an official statement.

In addition to helping each other fight the pandemic, China and South Korea are expected to improve exchanges and trade that will bring a sound economic recovery.

At the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, which concluded on Feb 1, Vietnamese leaders set the country's future development goals, which include making Vietnam an upper-middle-income economy by 2030 and a developed, high-income economy by 2045.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a preliminary conclusion regarding an anti-dumping investigation into copper pipes which originate from Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

With the housing market in the United States enjoying strong growth, demand for wooden furniture is expected to rise considerably, opening up bright export prospects for the Vietnamese wood industry.

The seaport and logistics industry was forecast to grow significantly on the prospect of global trade recovery in 2021 when the vaccine to prevent COVID-19 is administered worldwide.