Australia has so far opened its market for four kinds of fresh fruit from Vietnam - dragon fruit, lychee, mango and longan, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Việt Nam has been focusing on exporting fruits rather than meet domestic demand, leading to a monopoly by imports, analyst said.

The European Commission (EC) has been compiling a dossier to monitor the level of 2-chloroethanol residues in rice paper products, phở (dried noddles), and bún (vermicelli noodles) imported from the Vietnamese market, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Belgium and the EU.

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.

Turkey initiates fourth AD duty sunset review on tube or pipe fittings from 6 countries
According to Turkey’s Official Gazette, on April 8, Turkey initiated the fourth anti-dumping (AD) duty sunset review on tube or pipe fittings from Brazil, Bulgaria, China, India, Indonesia, and Thailand. The products involved are classified under HS code 7307.19.
 

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.

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.