The first half of the year witnessed Vietnam spend US$69.6 million on pepper imports, of which Brazil, Cambodia, and Indonesia made up the country’s three largest pepper supply markets.

The Philippines wants to boost cooperation on rice with Vietnam to ensure its food security, Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said during a visit to Vietnam over the weekend.

Fruit and vegetable exports are forecast to continue going smooth in the time ahead thanks to abundant domestic supply and foreign markets’ growing demand.

The Ministry of Transport has just issued a price framework for container loading and unloading services at Vietnamese seaports according to each port area.

In many of these cases, Vietnamese enterprises find themselves at a disadvantage, unable to adequately protect their rights due to shortcomings in negotiation and contract execution processes.

In the current context, if the criteria to "green" the logistics industry are not quickly implemented, in the future, businesses will face many difficulties and gradually be "eliminated" from business, domestic trade and global import and export. Mr. Dao Trong Khoa (Photo), Standing Vice President of Vietnam Logistics Services Association, talked about some issues surrounding green logistics transformation.

Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker, warns extra duties will not strengthen Europe’s auto industry.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) considered that evidence of deglobalization is scarce in terms of international trade.

India has launched an anti-dumping investigation into the import of glass fibre from China, Thailand, and Bahrain in response to a complaint by a local manufacturer. The probe, led by the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) under the commerce ministry, aims to safeguard domestic industries from inexpensive imports. Owens-Corning (India) has filed for this investigation, citing potential harm to the domestic market and proposing anti-dumping duties on these imports.

In order for Vietnam's aquatic product exports to reach the target of 10 billion USD this year, businesses need to be more adaptative and adjust their operation plans to suit the market context, according to Chairwoman of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) Nguyen Thi Thu Sac.