The US collected approximately $1 billion more in taxes after abolishing the de minimis exemption mechanism for low-value imported goods.

The energy transformation of seaports is becoming an essential requirement for Viet Nam to maintain its position in the global supply chain.

The US President's signing of an executive order imposing retaliatory import tariffs on several countries in February of this year sent shockwaves across the globe. Immediately, Viet Nam took a series of actions in negotiations to reach a joint statement, reducing the tariff rate from 46% to 20%.

According to the Viet Nam News Agency correspondent in Singapore, in the first 11 months of 2025, Viet Nam-Singapore trade relations continued to flourish with good growth rates in both exports and imports.

In 2025, Viet Nam's textile and garment exports are estimated to reach 46 billion USD, with a trade surplus of 21 billion USD, further affirming its pivotal role and position among the top 3 globally.

Viet Nam maintains its position in the Top 10 countries with the fastest e-commerce growth rate in the world and ranks 3rd in terms of market size in ASEAN.

Although export turnover in 2025 recorded positive figures, experts warn that if Vietnamese businesses do not soon adapt to strict sustainability standards from the EU and the US and remove logistics bottlenecks, they risk missing out on the new "take-off" phase.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade stated that the implementation of electronic Certificates of Origin (C/O) instead of the traditional paper method, along with the mechanism of self-certification of origin by traders, is becoming a focus in administrative procedure reform in the export sector in Viet Nam.

European businesses are calling for improved procedures that are more transparent, simpler, and more efficient.

U.S. officials have floated cutting separate bilateral deals with Canada and Mexico