Dozens of French groups and companies joined an online conference on September 28 that sought to promote French investment in Vietnam after the COVID-19.

A virtual conference on trading in fruits and vegetables between Vietnam and the Netherlands was held on September 29 to match Vietnamese suppliers and potential Dutch importers, wholesalers and retailers.

In one month and a half, the amount of Vietnamese goods and products that benefit from EVFTA’s preferential treatment is equivalent to that of the CPTPP throughout 2019.

A teleconference was held on September 25 to discuss the implementation of the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), with the trade deal expected to provide new investment and business opportunities for EU businesses in Vietnam.

Issuing date: 18/09/2020 Issuing authority: Government

A month since the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect (August 1, 2020), seafood exports to the EU market recorded a clear increase compared to the previous month.

Under the EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), the EU provides Vietnam with a quota of 80,000 tonnes of rice at a zero-per-cent tax rate per year. In order to create conditions for rice exporters, especially varieties of fragrant rice, in making the best use of the tariff preference, just over a month after the EVFTA comes into effect, the Government issued Decree No. 103/2020 / ND-CP on September 4, 2020, on the certification of fragrant rice varieties exported to the EU.

Talking to Customs News, trade expert Pham Tat Thang said that the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will have a great impact on exports in particular and Vietnam's economy in general. However, this is a long-term impact, so we should not expect the dramatic change of EVFTA for the exports in the second half of the year.

More than 7,200 sets of certificates of origin (C/O) of the EUR.1 form were granted to Vietnamese products worth a total of US$277 million, allowing them to export to 28 EU countries, a month since the coming into effect of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

Vietnamese textile and garment companies have turned towards the domestic market and other segments, as well as trying to expand EU market share to compensate for the shortage of export orders.