The Government's project "Promoting Vietnamese enterprises to participate in foreign distribution networks by 2030 directly" has set a requirement to encourage Vietnamese enterprises to strongly participate in the production, supply chain, and distribution of goods globally in which through supporting businesses to build capacity to participate in cross-border e-commerce.

Supporting start-ups in building coffee shops in the Republic of Korea (RoK) is among the recommendations by the Vietnam Trade Office in the RoK to help spread the Vietnamese coffee culture in this country, thus contributing to boosting the export of the product.

China has asked the European Union to justify its incoming carbon border tax at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The move suggests the Asian country may challenge the new legislation at Geneva’s trade courts.

Vietnam is striving to lure more Japanese investments to digital transformation and green growth, as recommended in the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative (VJI).

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam's trade balance in February 2023 continued to have a surplus of USD 2.3 billion, bringing the total trade deficit in the first two months of the year to USD 2.82 billion

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, China’s GDP grew by only 3 per cent in 2022, compared with 8.4 per cent in 2021, a decline that left growth well short of expectations.

In 2023, although difficulties are forecast, the shrimp industry in the whole country still sets a target of 750,000 ha of shrimp farming area, shrimp production of over 1 million tons (of which black tiger shrimp 280,000 tons, white leg shrimp 750,000 tons, the rest are giant freshwater shrimp and other shrimp) and export turnover of over 4.3 billion USD.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday called on Britain to support its bid to join a major pan-Pacific free trade pact which London has also applied to enter.

The UAE and Georgia have agreed a new trade deal which will see the reduction of tariffs and the removal of other barriers as the two countries seek to boost economic ties.

Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma recently said the proposed comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) could be a game-changer for both the countries in terms of trade. Smooth connectivity is crucial to boosting trade and commerce and there is scope to further expand land routes, railways and waterways between both sides, he said.