For Viet Nam, the goal should extend beyond self-sufficiency. With the right approach, the country could position itself as a regional hub for energy production and storage, underpinning its long-term growth ambitions

Rather than relying heavily on tax incentives, the model emphasises improving the overall investment environment, including transparency, efficiency and regulatory certainty, to enhance long-term competitiveness

Viet Nam’s footwear sector, with around 90% of output destined for export, is facing major risks from geopolitical developments, underscoring the urgent need to refine policies to strengthen resilience and adaptability

The RoK stood as Viet Nam’s largest foreign investor with more than 95.2 billion USD in registered capital as of February 2026, or about 18% of all foreign cash flowing in, with thousands of active projects

The two economies are highly complementary, with India holding advantages in raw materials while Viet Nam excels in manufacturing and exports, creating ample opportunities for deeper integration into global value chains

Viet Nam’s PetroViet Nam Gas (PV Gas) said it had received two liquefied natural gas shipments totaling nearly 60,000 tonnes from Southeast Asia this month, raising its cumulative imports to more than 123,000 tonnes so far in 2026 to support power generation during the peak dry season

Ambassador and Head of the Vietnamese Mission to WTO Mai Phan Dũng on April 10 met with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to exchange views and the organisation’s future work orientation, and to reaffirm Vietnam’s support for the multilateral trading system.

According to information from the Trade Remedies Department, on April 7, 2026, the Department received information from the Vietnamese Trade Office in Mexico regarding the Mexican Ministry of Economy's initiation of an anti-dumping investigation into polyester resin (PET) products originating from Vietnam and Malaysia.

Negotiations to improve the Korea-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which came into effect in 2007, have officially begun in earnest

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) open up great opportunities but also come with stringent requirements for certificates of origin. The city is implementing a system for issuing Certificates of Origin (C/O) to help businesses optimize export time and costs