A workshop on wood industry enterprises' preparation to recover in the new normal was held on October 29.

The US Commerce Department confirmed the market status of the Russian economy for US anti-dumping procedures, a decision Moscow sees as positive but intends to study in detail, the Economic Development Ministry says.

Việt Nam remains a safe and attractive destination for foreign investors despite the complicated development of COVID-19 pandemic, the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment has said in its monthly report.

Vietnam’s export turnover is estimated at US$27.3 billion in October, bringing the figure in the first ten months of 2021 to US$267.9 billion, up 16.6% against the same period last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on October 29.

Vietnam has become the largest commodity trade partner of the European Union (EU) in ASEAN just one year after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An said on October 27.

With the adjustment of the anti-pandemic stance to "safe adaptation, flexibility, and effective control of the Covid-19 pandemic" (according to Resolution 128/NQ-CP issued by the Government), it is expected that in the fourth quarter, imports and exports will regain growth momentum to set a new record with a turnover of more than US$600 billion this year.

China has been buying more goods from Australia this year even as their trade spat shows no signs of abating.

With a record export growth rate in the first nine months of 2021, steel is forecast to soon join the 10-billion USD export club.

Europe is edging toward a deal in the coming days to end the transatlantic trade war, but that truce now looks likely to mean Brussels must accept quotas on how much steel can be shipped to the United States without paying higher level tariffs.

Meeting the production and processing standards of the EU will help Vietnam boost the export of fruit and vegetables to this market, as heard at a workshop held on October 26.