The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will halt the use of planting area codes and the operations of packaging facilities that fail to meet China’s phytosanitary requirements.

Over the past 28 years since joining ASEAN as an ‘active and responsible’ member, Vietnam has made practical contributions to a united, peaceful, stable, and developed grouping, said Veeramalla Anjaiah, a senior research fellow at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) in an interview granted to a Jakarta based VOV correspondent.

Four consignments of exports worth $400,000 were taken out of a port without payment. Documents of another shipment were lost. The total value of the lost value, which pointed to signs of fraud, was about $500,000.

Vietnam and Italy have issued a Joint statement on strengthening their bilateral strategic partnership on the occasion of President Vo Van Thuong’s State visit to Italy.

The Vietnamese Government and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) always treasure trade cooperation with Japan, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan told Governor of Japan’s Wakayama prefecture Kishimoto Shuhei during a working session in Hanoi on July 27.

Vietnam’s rice export prices have continuously set new records over recent times and exceeded the US$550 per tonne mark following India's official ban placed on rice exports.

The Director-General’s mid-year report on trade-related developments shows that WTO members continued to facilitate imports and generally exercise restraint in the use of trade-restrictive measures from mid-October 2022 to mid-May 2023.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat on July 25 signed the Vietnam - Israel Free Trade Agreement (VIFTA) in Tel Aviv in the presence of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Following the release of a notice by the Việt Nam Cashew Association (Vinacas) warning cashew businesses about potential fraud concerning the export of cashew kernels to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade's (MoIT) Asia-Africa Market Department has confirmed swift action.

Despite the advantages of free trade agreements, slashes in global demands and many countries using technical barriers to protect domestic production, are making it difficult for Vietnam to expand exports this year and ensure state budget revenues.