Japan has surpassed the US to become the biggest importer of Vietnam’s fishery products, with over 310 million USD in value in the first quarter of 2023, reported the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Although import and export activities have not shown many signs of improvement in the first 2 months of the year in most categories, on the whole, the fruit and vegetable industry has emerged with strong growth results in February 2023, reaching about USD 324 million, up 53.1% compared to February 2022, in the first two months of 2023, the export value of vegetables and fruits reached about USD 565 million, up 12.4% over the same period in 2022.

Trade promotion agencies have and will continue to implement many activities in a bid to help Vietnamese agricultural products achieve deeper penetration into the Dutch market, as well as the EU.

Tran Xuan Dinh, secretary general of the Vietnam Seed Trade Association (VSTA), said large-scale farming will offer opportunities to solve problems and promote neo-cooperatives that will join forces to develop the agricultural economy.

Nguyễn Bá Ngãi, vice chairman and general secretary of the Việt Nam Forest Owners Association (VIFORA), spoke to Việt Nam News reporter Tố Như about this issue.

According to experts, Vietnam's steel industry is facing lots of difficulties; however, many businesses still believe in a positive future in the second half of 2023.

This information was released at the latest Business Climate Index (BCI) report by the European Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam (EuroCham) and produced by Decision Lab on Tuesday.

ASEAN is currently in the process of upgrading its existing free trade agreement with dialogue partner South Korea, according to Satvinder Singh, the deputy secretary-general for ASEAN Economic Community.

Vietnam's agricultural product exports to China are facing increasing difficulties due to tightening export requirements, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The United States deposited its instrument of acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 11 April, making it the fourth WTO member, and the first among the large fishing nations, to do so.