Analysis and inspection play a very important role in the management of imported and exported precursors because goods containing precursors are very diverse and complex, including many different types. Mrs. Le Thi Kim Loan, Deputy Head of Inspection Department, Customs Department of Goods Verification, General Department of Vietnam Customs, talked about this issue.

Following positive results in import-export activities so far this year, the increasing demand in the last months of the year is predicted to fuel exports, according to experts.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged Vietnamese firms to regularly update and strictly comply with food safety regulations when exporting to Singapore.

With shipping costs mounting, exporters have raised concerns over the shrinking profit margin and how it will hurt their ability to compete in the international market.

Five lawsuits recently lodged against Vietnamese wood industry firms in crucial export markets are worrying industry insiders about more to come, especially since the U.S. has not recognized Vietnam as a market economy.

India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced its final affirmative determination of anti-dumping (AD) on welded stainless steel pipes and tubes from Thailand and Vietnam, ruling that a five-year AD measure will be imposed on the subject products, with a duty rate of US$0-246.49/ton on Thailand and US$0-307.79/ton on Vietnam.

Although the two main export items of Vietnam's seafood industry, shrimp and pangasius, have grown, export enterprises are facing many difficulties and must find new directions.

Việt Nam has emerged as a potential market for Polish food and agricultural products so the European country plans to expand exports to the Southeast Asia country.