As of July 15 Vietnam earned US$111 million from crab exports, marking an annual increase of 41%, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnam saw a year-on-year increase of 17% in exports in the first six months, but it will be hard for overseas shipments to meet expectations in the last half of the year, according to the HSBC.

The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission has announced the results of its exemption inquiry regarding the antidumping (AD) duties on precision pipe imports from China and South Korea and the countervailing duties (CVD) imposed on imports of the same products from China.

The European Commission has announced that the planned definitive antidumping measures against corrosion-resistant steels (HDG) from Russia and Turkey have come into force.

The "trade promotion briefing with foreign markets" is held monthly from July 2022 to December 2023, which is seen as a positive move, closely supporting Vietnamese goods. However, in order to improve efficiency, it is necessary to build more discussion sessions and thematic briefings according to each market area or each specific export item.

Vietnamese enterprises currently have limited participation in the global supply chain, and are not deeply involved in the value chain of multinational corporations in Việt Nam.

Vietnam exported 983,760 tonnes of rubber worth US$1.68 billion during the past 7 months of the year, representing a rise of 7.2% in volume and 9.1% in value compared to the same period from last year, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA) organised a seminar on "Solutions to improve corporate governance in the textile and garment industry in the new context", on August 16.