Textile, garment and footwear industries are still facing many difficulties due the COVID-19 pandemic, and unable to recover production and business in the short term.

Senior executives from 17 companies and industry association European Aluminium have called on the European Commission (EC) to move forward with anti-dumping duties on aluminium flat-rolled products (FRP) imports from China.

The export value of Vietnamese tuna exports to the Israeli market by mid-August jumped by 34% to nearly US$25 million compared to the same period last year, or accounted for 5.6% of the total tuna export value, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnam exported 15,870 tonnes of tuna worth US$73.33 million to the European Union in the first half of 2021, up 39.3% and 31.6%, respectively, against the same period last year, according to a journal published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

As the world's leading commodity in exports, Vietnamese pepper, with its guaranteed quality, has met the strict requirements of partners and increasingly asserted its position in the world map.

In separate notifications, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended the duty after conducting a sunset review investigation on the imports of "cold rolled/cold reduced flat steel products of iron or non-alloy steel or other alloy steel of all width and thickness - not clad, plated or coated from China, Japan, Korea and Ukraine.

Government Resolution 105 dated September on supporting businesses, cooperatives and business households amid the Covid-19 pandemic has requested many agencies to perform to ensure smooth circulation of goods, and prevent supply chain disruption.

Under difficult conditions, shutchi catfish exports to the Mexican market grew impressively with three-digit numbers, becoming the leading export market of Vietnamese seafood enterprises in Latin America.