Viet Nam hopes that French enterprises will step up partnerships with Vietnamese counterparts, enhance technology transfer, and regard Viet Nam as a promising venue for piloting and implementing innovative technologies.

On relations with South America, Nguyet noted that in December 2025, Viet Nam and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) announced the launch of negotiations for a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). She expressed her hope that the agreement will be signed soon, thereby further boosting trade and investment between Viet Nam and MERCOSUR member states, including Argentina.

Total seafood export revenue reaching $1.7 billion.

According to information from the Trade Remedies Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), the US has just issued a preliminary conclusion in its anti-dumping investigation into imported reinforcing steel products from Viet Nam.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday said it was launching two new trade investigations into excess industrial capacity in 16 major trading partners and into forced labor, to ​rebuild tariff pressure after the U.S. Supreme Court tore down much of Trump's tariff program last month.

The US-China economic relationship is among the most defining forces shaping the 21st-century global order. As the world's two largest economic behemoths, their relationship influences not only bilateral growth but also the stability of global markets, supply chains, and geopolitical dynamics.

After a long series of advances and setbacks, the controversial EU-US trade deal could soon be approved by the European Parliament.

The dispute dates back to 2018, when the EU issued a directive restricting the inclusion of crop-based biofuels in member states’ renewable energy targets and set a roadmap to phase out palm oil-based biofuels by 2030, citing concerns over the sustainability of palm oil production.

China roared into 2026 with exports far outstripping forecasts, fuelled by red-hot electronics demand, putting the economy on track to top last year's record $1.2 trillion trade surplus - barring a wider energy and shipping shock from the war in Iran.

South Korea's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan on Sunday said the U.S. is unlikely to slap higher tariffs on South Korea should the Korean parliament move swiftly to implement investment legislation sought by the U.S. next week as scheduled.