A Vietnam – India business meeting was held in New Delhi on March 26 to help Vietnamese enterprises enhance competitiveness and expand their presence in the Indian market, thereby contributing to bilateral trade and investment links.

With complementary agricultural products, agricultural trade between Vietnam and the US is expected to grow further, heard a working session between Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy and US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper in Hanoi on March 26.

Vietnam's 5% broken rice export price has returned to the $400/ton mark, close to the same type of Thai rice export price and higher than the same type of Indian rice...

The picture of agricultural exports in early 2025 has many bright signals. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has been implementing many solutions to promote the export of this product. On the afternoon of March 27, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting with the Vietnam General Association of Agriculture and Rural Development. The meeting was attended by representatives of several ministries and sectors. On the side of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Deputy Minister Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan attended the meeting.

The U.S. added six subsidiaries of Inspur Group, China's leading cloud computing and big data service provider, and dozens of other Chinese entities to its export restriction list on Tuesday.

The European Union's trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic met with U.S. President Donald Trump's top trade officials on Tuesday to try to avoid steep U.S. tariffs on EU goods next week, but results of the talks were unclear.

Expanded blacklist targets advanced computing and hypersonic weapon capabilities U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has significantly expanded the trade blacklist it inherited from the previous Joe Biden team, aiming to further constrict China's capabilities to develop artificial intelligence and advanced computing, as well as direct military technologies like hypersonic missiles.

The EU has introduced maximum residue limits (MRLs) for inorganic arsenic in fish and other seafood, ranging from 0.05 to 1.5 ppm.

The US was the largest importer of Vietnamese agricultural goods, accounting for 22% of the total value. Although the market of the world’s largest economy has not been fully tapped into, new US trade policies in 2025 are expected to affect Vietnamese exports, especially agricultural goods. In the first two months of 2025, Vietnam’s total farming exports reached 9.38 billion USD, up 8.3% over the same period last year. Exports to China fell by 4.3%, while exports to the US rose 18.9%.

Since returning to office on January 20, 2025, US President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping series of tariff measures, marking a return to the aggressive trade policies of his first term. Over the course of February, Trump announced a series of escalating tariffs aimed at key US trading partners, with Canada, Mexico, and China the first targets, as well as blanket tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and a worldwide reciprocal tariff plan. These measures reflect his administration’s broader effort to protect domestic industries and address what it views as unfair trade practices.