Vietnamese durian continues to set new export milestones in 2025, affirming its position as a leading product in the fruit and vegetable sector.

Viet Nam imported more than 200,000 vehicles in 2025 for the first time on record, driven by rising demand and growing interest in electric and new-energy vehicles, customs data showed.

EU trade policy in 2026 reflects an increasingly clear combination of selective opening, diversification of partners, and increased use of trade defense tools to protect domestic production.

On January 7, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Increased compliance costs, greater legal risks, and the potential for delays in export flows – these are warnings from Vietnamese trade attachés in major markets.

China's market regulator and cyberspace authorities unveiled two separate documents on Wednesday to further regulate the country's livestreaming e-commerce sector and online trading platforms.

The Viet Nam–Israel Free Trade Agreement took effect on November 17, 2024, becoming Israel's first FTA with a Southeast Asian country and Viet Nam's first trade pact with a partner in the Middle East.

Pepper exports in the last month of the year continued their positive growth momentum, contributing to bringing the total pepper export value for 2025 to an all-time high of $1.66 billion.

Viet Nam’s total import-export turnover in 2025 reached a record high of US$930.05 billion, up 18.2% year on year, with a trade surplus of US$20.03 billion, according to the National Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Finance.

Viet Nam exported more than 8.06 million tons of rice last year, with the Philippines as the largest buyer importing more than 3.2 million tons and accounting for around 40% of Viet Nam’s total rice exports.