Vietnam’s wood industry is facing mounting challenges as global economic uncertainties and stricter trade policies reshape the international trade landscape.

"They are not big countries," says Trump, according to the American political digital newspaper.

Over the past ten days, a series of enterprises exporting dragon fruit, beans, corn and so on to the European market have been under stress because there is no agency granting the certificate of export.

Vietnam’s imports from the United States recorded a sharp increase in the first five months of 2025, reaching US$7.3 billion, up 21% compared to the same period last year, according to data from Vietnam Customs.

Despite global uncertainties and challenges, Vietnam’s economy expanded 7.52% in the first half of 2025, with exports, investment and consumption continuing to be the three key growth drivers behind this impressive performance.

Passion fruit, banana, pineapple, and coconut are emerging as fruit categories with strong potential to reach US$1 billion in export value, contributing to a more diversified structure within Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable sector.

Vietnam has maintained strong export growth, is an important factor in the international supply chain, and is a competitive supplier of goods to the global market.

Adopting circular practices is no longer optional but essential. This model, which reduces waste and reuses resources, is seen as vital to boosting productivity, protecting the environment, and improving farmers’ incomes.

China has put export restrictions on technologies critical for producing electric vehicle batteries, in a move to consolidate its dominance in the sector that has contributed to the country’s lead in the global EV race.

Vietnam earned 1.1 billion USD from seafood exports to China in the first half of this year, up 45% from the same period last year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said Thursday.