For many years, the United States has played a pivotal role for Vietnamese seafood, both in terms of market size and in shaping technical and commercial standards. The 2025–2026 period marks a clear turning point: enterprises are no longer dealing only with retaliatory tariffs and anti-dumping (AD) cases, but must also face a new layer of...
The Free Trade Agreement between Viet Nam and the EFTA States (VEFTA), with partners Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, if successfully concluded, will be a typical example of the strategy of “turning a small playground into a big opportunity”. Instead of competing on the basis of scale or volume, VEFTA positions Viet Nam to...
In the first six months of 2025, the U.S. economy sent out mixed and contrasting signals: GDP contracted in the first quarter and rebounded strongly in the second; inflation edged back up under the impact of new tariffs; the labour market remained relatively solid but job creation slowed; and foreign direct investment (FDI) flows fluctuated...
Amid profound turbulence in the global economy, international supply chains are undergoing extensive restructuring. Successive shocks—from the pandemic, geopolitical conflicts, and strategic competition among major powers, coupled with rising protectionism—have exposed the vulnerabilities of highly fragmented production models heavily...
A growing number of foreign companies are actively seeking suppliers of Vietnamese seafood through the Viet Nam International Sourcing 2025 (VIS 2025) event held from September 4–6, 2025. The strong turnout highlights both the rising global demand for high-quality seafood and Vietnam’s increasingly strategic position within global supply...
At the B2B matching event held under the “Viet Nam International Sourcing 2025” series, alongside strong sectors such as textiles, footwear and processed foods, Vietnamese beverage products are drawing particular interest from international buyers.
Flexibility and creativity are helping Vietnamese furniture and household goods enterprises score points with many international buyers. However, to go further in global supply chains, they need to invest more heavily in technology, design and product localization.
Through trade promotion activities and business matching, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is striving to expand the market for the food industry, which holds substantial potential.
In a context where global trade is being “re-defined” around green standards, low emissions and sustainable development, trade promotion is no longer simply about supporting sales or organizing trade fairs. For Viet Nam, green trade promotion is gradually becoming part of the “soft infrastructure” of a long-term export strategy, closely...
Vietnam International Sourcing 2025 closed with impressive figures, affirming the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s role in bringing Vietnamese goods deeper into global value chains.Vietnam International Sourcing 2025 (VIS 2025) has just concluded, having become the year’s largest meeting point between Vietnam’s export business community and...
