Despite cheap labour costs, and abundant personnel resources, Việt Nam should rely on new factors including an attractive and transparent investment environment, simplified and digitalised administrative procedures, and infrastructure development.

E-commerce and online goods trading has been more and more dominating in daily life, requiring the authorities to promptly grasp and have control methods appropriating to reality.

According to a person aware of developments, the UK is looking for new markets to export electric vehicles, with the sale of new petrol and diesel-powered cars banned from 2035

The products are manufactured by AVANEST Vietnam Nutrition Joint Stock Company - the first Vietnamese allowed to provide processed bird’s nests and cooked bird’s nest pots to China.

Exports have slumped from the beginning of this year as soaring inflation and economic recession took their toll on consumption demand in major export markets of Việt Nam. However, the drops slowed down in recent months.

Hundreds of seafood containers from the company are stockpiled and unable to be exported due to complications in obtaining the required certificates (H/C) accompanying the seafood shipments imported into Vietnam for processing and subsequent export to the EU.

China is objecting to a U.S. proposal for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members to incorporate sustainability and inclusivity into their trade and investment policies, a source briefed on the negotiations said on Wednesday.

Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with Japanese Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura in San Francisco, the US, where the two sides agreed to set up a dialogue mechanism for export controls and a working group for improving the business environment, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Thursday.

In 2022, the EU exported 6.4 million tonnes of recyclable products (paper, plastic and glass) to extra-EU countries, which is a 8.4% increase compared to 2021. On the other hand, importsamounted to 4.0 million tonnes, a 4.2% increase compared to 2021.

European companies are exploring ways to replace the gallium and germanium supply put at risk by China's export curbs after pressure from EU authorities, but the industry says incentives will be needed to make critical mineral production viable.