Firms should speed up the digital transformation as an effective solution to expand exports in the context of rising cross-border e-commerce, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam has been able to maintain its export growth momentum to the United States over the past seven months despite facing unprecedented challenges caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to insiders.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a strong impact on the export of Vietnamese agricultural products, especially to major markets such as China, the United States, and the European Union.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will build an origin tracing system to create a database on goods managed by the ministry to meet customers’ increasing demand on tracing origin of goods.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is set to open whole new horizons for Vietnam’s logistics industry.

The Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), although providing tax incentives and new preferential tariffs, will not create new incentives to improve competitiveness and open a wide market for Vietnam's timber products to be exported to the EU in the future.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus exceeding US$10 billion by mid-August as exports continued to bounce back during the first half of August, according to the latest statistics compiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Days ahead of a final deadline, activation of a long-planned Algeria-EU trade deal risks unravelling as political and business leaders in the North African country warn it will undermine economic sovereignty.

TheUK has been told to shut down Brexit talks with the European Union and walk away with no deal in a move that would see Britain follow World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms, an Express.co.uk poll has found.

Australia has hit back against China's recent tariff threats as tensions with Beijing escalate to unprecedented levels.