The ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), once upgraded, will provide favourable opportunities for Vietnamese agricultural exporters to explore and expand their markets within the bloc, especially in the Halal market, according to Vietnam SPS Office.

The US President’s tariff hikes will particularly impact countries with high trade surpluses with the US, analysts warn

Indonesia is seeking to diversify its markets as global protectionism intensifies, while also taking steps to defend its local manufacturers, Deputy Trade Minister Dyah Roro Esti Widya Putri said.

In 2024, Vietnam’s major agricultural export markets will continue to be the US, China, Japan, and the European Union (EU). With the target of agricultural, forestry, and fishery export turnover in 2025 reaching about 65 billion USD, maintaining and creating growth momentum in key markets is an important requirement.

Malaysia has announced it will initiate an anti-dumping duty investigation on the imports of galvanised iron coils/sheets or galvanised steel coils/sheets originating from or imported from Việt Nam, China and South Korea.

In his opening remarks at the event, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Bui Hoang Phuong called on French corporations and enterprises to further invest in Vietnam in particular and ASEAN in general.

Vietnamese tech companies are expanding their data centres' capacity while international giants are also entering the market, with planned investments worth billions of USD.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for accelerating negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR).

Data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs show that in 2024, Vietnam imported 876,000 tonnes of meat and meat products worth a total of US$1.78 billion, up 15.2% in volume and 18.1% in value from 2023.

The agricultural sector wrapped up 2024 with 62.4 billion USD in export turnover, marking an 18.5% increase against 2023, while achieving a record trade surplus of 18.6 billion USD, surging 53.1%.